{"id":14769,"date":"2026-04-20T16:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/?p=14769"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:28:24","slug":"david-park-ikebana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2026\/04\/20\/david-park-ikebana","title":{"rendered":"David Park: Ikebana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14770 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-590x787.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-590x787.jpeg 590w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-193x257.jpeg 193w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_4180-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At KCJS, I had the opportunity to learn Ikebana under Ashida Sensei. I first learned the basic rules of Ikebana and the general mindset one should possess while placing the flowers. Then I was free to create my pieces in any manner as long as I followed the few rules. We explored different styles of Ikebana such as traditional style, vertical style, modern style, etc. I learned a great deal regarding the aesthetic of Japanese flowers and the way the people of old regarded beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At KCJS, I had the opportunity to learn Ikebana under Ashida Sensei. I first learned the basic rules of Ikeban &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2026\/04\/20\/david-park-ikebana\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":768,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"ja","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/?p=14769"},"categories":[184,8,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/768"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14771,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions\/14771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}