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This lesson will be the Moribana Upright Style (Chokuritsu-kei) in a low bowl (suiban). Joe will start the lesson with a brief overview of the arrangement’s key elements and demonstrate how to create the Moribana Upright arrangement. Then you’ll make your arrangement! The flowers and containers shown in the photos are examples only. The flowers and containers used in each lesson will vary from those in the photos.
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*Note: Registration for this class will close on Friday, 4/10/26, at 9 PM.
Members receive discounted pricing on monthly lessons. To use the member discount, please purchase a membership before registering for the class. Membership and class registration are processed as separate transactions.
The lesson will start promptly at 4 PM. Please arrive at 3:45 PM so you’ll be set up and ready to start learning at 4. The lesson will end by 6 PM.
Your help cleaning up the room would be greatly appreciated. We must leave the room and have it look great by 6 PM.
The lesson is held at the Yokoso Center, 1175 Old Henderson Rd, Columbus, Ohio 43220.
Your container should be a a low shallow suiban (bowl) (about 12" in diameter).
The kenzan should fit in the container. It can be round (2" in diameter or larger) or rectangular (about 2.5" x 3.75" works well).
Please contact Joe Rotella (614.537.7077 or by email) if you have questions.
The literal translation of Moribana is "piled up flowers.' It is a way of arranging materials as if they are "piled up" (moru) in flat, low containers called suiban using flower holders such as kenzan and shippo. Moribana was first conceived by the Founding Headmaster Ohara Unshin in the latter part of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Since that time, the school has continued to refine and adapt Moribana to the changing times. Although many ikebana schools have adopted Moribana, it remains the hallmark of the Ohara School, and one which the school is proud of.
In Chokuritsu-kei (Upright Style), the Shi-shi (Subject) is arranged to draw your eye upwards.
Joe Rotella
Associate Second Term Master, Ohara School of Ikebana
Certified MyFrame Instructor
Joe has studied ikebana since 1993. Joe is an Associate Second Term Master in the Ohara School of Ikebana and one of only two Certified Instructors for MyFrame in the United States (as of Spring 2024). Joe was featured in the Spring 2024 edition of 614 Refined magazine (pages 22-24).
He’s an active member of Ikebana International Chapter #84, Past President of the Miami Valley Ohara Chapter, Newsletter Editor for the Southeastern Ohara Chapter, and Social Media Manager for the Northern Ohara Chapter.
