International chapters
throughout the world. History
In 1961 Mrs.
Pearl Jensen gathered interested ikebana teachers and students to charter
Honolulu Chapter 56 as one of more than 170 Ikebana International chapters
throughout the world.
Every five years Honolulu Chapter 56 has held a major ikebana exhibition at Linekona Art Center, Liberty House Special Events room, and Honolulu Hale. In 2001, Professor Yamamoto of Ikenobo School of Japan came to assist the Ikebana International members in staging a 40th anniversary exhibition at Honolulu Hale.
For the past 20 years, II Honolulu Chapter 56 has participated in the Honolulu Orchid Show at the Neal Blaisdell Center by displaying 30-40 ikebana arrangements by its members.
In 1995, II Honolulu Chapter 56 was host to the North American Regional Conference. More than 250 Ikebana International members from more than 20 chapters
across North America attended. Akihiro Kasuya, headmaster of Ichiyo School, inspired the participants in his demonstrations, workshops and large arrangements.
To spread their love of flowers, members of Ikebana International Honolulu Chapter 56 have gone on “safaris” to the neighbor islands where they have put on exhibits at the Hilo Art Center on the Big Island, done workshops in Lihue, Kauai, and erected 3 large sculptural arrangements at the Kaahumanu Mall in Kahalui, Maui.
