.: A brief history

The Illinois Prairie Chapter of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America was founded in March of 1991 by Professor Kimiko Gunji. We became a chartered chapter in the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America in May of 1997. Professor Gunji is the director of Japan House and is a professor of the Ikenobo Ikebana School in Japan. She holds a teaching certificate from the Hanayagi School of Classical Dance, and has received Tea name Soki from the Urasenke Tea Ceremony School.

Illinois Prairie Chapter meets once a month at the University of Illinois Japan House, located at 2000 South Lincoln Ave. in Urbana. We meet on a Saturday morning from 9 to noon. Parking is available in the lot directly south of Japan House. At each workshop a certified Ikenobo instructor will lecture and demonstrate on a specific style. Afterwards participants arrange, and the instructor critiques each individual arrangement. In addition to our regular Saturday morning workshops, our chapter hosts a professor from Japan once a year for a series of workshops. Illinois Prairie Chapter also sponsors activities associated with Japan House, ikebana, and other Japanese arts.

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