Shoka Nishuike - June 7, 2022

Sue Foye - Kittery Chapter

Shoka Nishuike

Nishuike is a shoka shofutai using two different species of plant material. The shin and soe yakueda are woody, branch materials without flowers or with small flowers, or can be grassy materials, in either case requiring a second material with flowers to be used as tai to support the shin and soe. In this case the tai group is called nejime ("something which completes or draws the arrangement together at its base"). The shin/soe material is the main material and because the nejime material is meant as support, it should be less prominent. Nejime flowers should be small and the stems must have both flowers and leaves.

Suitable Nishuike Containers The vase you select will depend on the floral pattern you wish to create, e.g. straight (shin pattern), wider with more open branches (gyo pattern), or dynamic with very wide open branches (so pattern). The type of plant material selected will also determine the most appropriate pattern.

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