Adachi Choka

Founder and head of the Adachi style of ikebana. Born in a temple in Hiroshima Prefecture, he studied ikebana from an early age, and by the age of 18, his floral skills and talent had already become so outstanding that he was recognized by the head of the Ikenobo School of Rokkakudo in Kyoto. However, he was not satisfied with the Ikenobo style of ikebana, which was bound by customs and traditions at the time, and in order to meet the demands of the new era, he invented the Adachi style of decorative flowers (Seika) and founded a school in 1917 (Taisho 6). The flower style, which made use of the decorativeness of Western flowers, was well received, and combined with the rationalization of flower style standards and teaching methods, it showed remarkable development in the world of ikebana during the Taisho period. After World War II, he disliked avant-garde ikebana and advocated a more traditional ikebana movement, but his power as it had been in the past was not shown in the end. The Adachi style of ikebana was later taken over by Touko (1936-2006), Touko's daughter, in the Adachi style of flower art.

[Hojo Akinao]

"The Road to Flower Art" by Adachi Teruko (1982, Kodansha)" ▽ "365 Days of Flower Art" by Adachi Teruko (1994, Shogakukan)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

いけ花流派、安達式挿花の創始者で家元。広島県の寺に生まれ、幼少からいけ花を学び、18歳のころ、すでにその花技と才能が京都六角堂池坊の家元にも認められるほど頭角を表したが、当時因習と伝統に縛られていた池坊いけ花に飽き足らず、新しい時代の要求にこたえるため、安達式飾花(しょくか)（盛花(せいか)）をくふうし、1917年（大正6）に一流を創始した。洋花の装飾性をも生かしたその花型は大いに受け、花型の規格や教授法の合理化と相まって、大正期のいけ花界に目覚ましい発展を示した。第二次世界大戦後は前衛いけ花を嫌い、正調いけ花運動を提唱したが、昔日の力は示されずに終わった。安達式挿花はその後潮花の娘、曈子(とうこ)（1936―2006）の花芸安達流に引き継がれた。

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『安達曈子著『花芸への道』（1982・講談社）』▽『安達曈子著『花芸365日』（1994・小学館）』

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