is the name given to the of the
Omotesenke line of the three Sen families/houses () of
Japanese tea ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or ) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of , powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called . While in the West it is known as "tea ceremony", it is se ...
, whose common family founder is
Sen no Rikyū. Sen is the family name; Sōsa is the hereditary name of the in this line. The first in the line to use the hereditary name was Sen no Rikyū's great-grandson, known as Kōshin Sōsa (1613–1672), the third son of
Sen no Sōtan, who inherited the main house in Kyoto from his father, Sōtan, and thus became the first generation in the line of the family that eventually came to be known as the Omotesenke ("front Sen house/family").
Similarly,
Sen Sōshitsu is the hereditary name of the in the
Urasenke line of the three Sen families/houses, and
Sen Sōshu
Sen Sōshu (千宗守) is the hereditary name of the head of the Mushakōjisenke school of Japanese tea ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or ) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of ...
is the name of the in the
Mushakōjisenke line.
References
Bibliography
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Daijirin, 2nd Ed.
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Daijisen, 1st. Ed.
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Kōjien, 5th Ed.
1613 births
1672 deaths
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