Sen Sōshitsu
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Sen.
Sen Sōshitsu (千宗室) is a traditional name taken on by a series of tea masters of the Uranseke family.[1]
Lineage
Sen Sōshitsu is the name of the head (iemoto) of one of the three schools of the Japanese tea ceremony
List of Urasenke tea masters
- Sen Rikyū (1522-1591)
- Shōan Sōjun (1546-1614)
- Genpaku Sōtan (1578-1658)
- Sen Sōshitsu IV (四代目千宗室, 1622-1697)
- Sen Sōshitsu V (五代目千宗室, 1673-1704)
- Sen Sōshitsu VI (六代目千宗室, 1694-1726)
- Sen Sōshitsu VII (七代目千宗室, 1709-33)
- Sen Sōshitsu VIII (八代目千宗室, 1719-1771)
- Sen Sōshitsu IX (九代目千宗室, 1746-1801)
- Sen Sōshitsu X (十代目千宗室, 1770-1826)
- Sen Sōshitsu XI (十一代目千宗室, 1810-1877)
- Sen Sōshitsu XII (十二代目千宗室, 1852-1917)
- Sen Sōshitsu XIII (十三代目千宗室, 1872-1924)
- Sen Sōshitsu XIV (十四代目千宗室, 1893-1964)
- Sen Sōshitsu XV (十五代目千宗室, born 1923)[2]
- Sen Sōshitsu XVI (十六代目千宗室, born 1956)
References
- ↑ Sen, Sōshitsu. (1998). The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyū, p. 231.
- ↑ Sen, p. 187.