My final alternative to kenzan pinholders in Ikenobo Ikebana

This time I thought I’d get really traditional.  But although traditional, this Ikenobo Ikebana technique is really still very useful today, and with some advantages over kenzan pin-holders.

Often we use vases with narrow apertures, for which kenzan are not practical, or perhaps just won’t fit. For freestyle and Nageire we have already covered using twigs, wire and uzumaki, but even they may not do the job we want.  This is especially true when we are arranging Tatehana, the predecessor to rikka, and if you are going to arrange large traditional rikka, then straw is a must…seriously!

So here’s the video…I hope you’ll enjoy and try this at home.