Board of Directors &
President’s Message
Founded in 1956 by Ellen Gordon Allen
Honorary President
Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado
International Board of Directors 2023-2024
Elected Directors
- International President
- Tomoko Takada
- First Vice President
- Chisato Obikane
- Second Vice President
- Reiko Inumaru
- Third Vice President
- Tomiko Uesato
- Recording Secretary
- Hanako Sato
- Corresponding Secretary
- Shizuko Okubo
- Treasurer
- Kumiko Kameoka
- Assistant Treasurer
- Kaeko Kasuga
- Amendment
- Hiroko Otsuka
- Historian
- Mika Hamanaka
- Development Director
- Mikie Arai
- Nominating Director
- Ikuko Tsuchiya
- Protocol Director
- Kimie Yanagisawa
- Public Relations Director
- Misako Ishii
- Translation Director
- Junko Nakajima
- Coordinating Director
- Akemi Yamazaki
- Website Director
- Reiko Hamada
- World Convention Chairperson
- Nobuko Usui
Elected Auditors
- Auditor
- Yoshimasa Usui
- Accounting Auditor
- Mikio Koyano
Adviser
- International Parliamentarian
- Kathy Roper
Supreme Advisers
Founding Flower Master Advisers
- Ikenobo
- Sen’ei Ikenobo
- Ohara School
- Hiroki Ohara
- Sogetsu School
- Akane Teshigahara
Flower Master Advisers
- Ichiyo School
- Naohiro Kasuya
- Misho-ryu
- Keiho Hihara
- Ryuseiha
- Kashu Yoshimura
- Saga-Goryu
- Ryushu Yamakawa
Honorary Advisers
Etsuko Hattori
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
Tomoko Takada
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
June, 2024
Dear Members of Ikebana International and Ikebana Friends,
At our Annual General Meeting on September 20th 2023, nineteen directors were elected to the International Board by the vote of our Ikebana International members.
Our membership is now 6,350 in 137 chapters. All of us on the International Board are volunteers.
Ikebana International was established by an American lady, Mrs. Ellen Gordon Allen in 1956. During the 67 years since the organization was founded, her motto, “Friendship through Flowers”, has been vividly inherited by the worldwide members of Ikebana International.
If you are not already member of Ikebana International, I encourage you to become a member of the nearest chapter and participate in the many events organized by the chapter.
The regional conferences and the Ikebana International 13th World Convention will be held soon. There will be many opportunities to see the wonderland of ikebana.
We have had to face countless disasters and I feel so sorry for those who lost their loved ones. Despite the severe unprecedented Covid 19 pandemic, I am sure all the chapters tried very hard to increase our membership. It is not always so easy to find the best solution. But we were able to overcome difficulties and our bond must have become stronger ever since. We now must move forward. Let’s make this year fruitful.
Tomoko Takada, International President