Ikebana International (I.I.) is a non-profit cultural organization dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. When the late Ellen Gordon Allen founded the organization in 1956, her dream was to create an organization uniting the peoples of the world through their mutual love of nature and enjoyment of ikebana. That dream has now spread to over 50 countries/area, with 161 chapters and membership of approximately 7,600 persons.

Ikebana International does not teach any single type of ikebana. Rather, it is an interest group made up of people of many nationalities who enjoy ikebana and other arts of Japan. Many of the members have studied ikebana; some have not.

Those who have studied ikebana have learned from many different schools. Some schools of ikebana stress classic styles; other focus on contemporary forms, and some blend the two. Each of the hundreds of schools of ikebana takes its own approach to arranging flowers. At I.I. meetings, students and teachers share openly their own schools' inspirations, styles, philosophy, history, and techniques.

A unique feature of Ikebana International is that the organization was founded by and is still administered by volunteers.

Registered Name:	Ippan Shadan Hojin Ikebana International
Established:	August 17, 1956
Honorary President:	H.I.H. Princess Takamado
Current President:	Junko Katano (2016-2017)
Honorary Advisors:	Etsuko Hattori, Haruhiko Ishikawa, Tsunenari Tokugawa, Wakako Ohara
Int'l Parliamentarian:	Kathy Roper
Legal Advisor:	Yoshimasa Usui (Usui & Partners)
Accounting Auditor:	Mikio Koyano (Koyano C.P.A Office)
Headquarters:	Misaki Building 3-28-9 Kanda Ogawacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0052, Japan Telephone: +81-(0)3-3293-8188 Facsimile: +81-(0)3-3294-2272 E-mail: ikebana@ikebanahq.org Website: http://www.ikebanahq.org
Chapters and Members:	161 chapters with 7,600 members in over 50 countries / areas

2016-2017 International Board Directors, Auditor and Accounting Auditor
International President	Junko Katano
First Vice President	Diana Salansky
Second Vice President	Itsumi Yamamoto
Third Vice President	Keiko Kuroda
Recording Secretary	Nobuko Sakata
Corresponding secretary	Mieko Tomiya
Treasurer	Tomiko Uesato
Assistant Treasurer	Miyoko Watanabe
Historian	Kumiko Kameoka
Amendment Director	Keiko Nonoyama
Convention Director	Kenjiro (Ken) Katayama
Development Director	Junko Narui
Nominating Director	Rumiko van der Valk
Protocol Director	Shizuko Okubo
Publication Director	Noriyo Nagasaki
Public Relations Director	Yoko Kanda
Translation Director	Junko Nakajima
Coordinating Director	Kazuko Yano
Website Director	Yoko Sowa
Auditor	Yoshimasa Usui
Accounting Auditor	Mikio Koyano
International Parliamentarian	Kathy Roper