Enshū-ryū Family LineageActive Today
遠州流歴代当主 (enshū-ryū rekidai tōshu)
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Enshū - Ryū ( Tō Shū Ryū ) Iemoto Lineage — 13 Generations From Kobori Enshū ( 1579 – 1647 ) Through Current Iemoto Sōjitsu ( Sutceeded 2002 ); Founder - Defining Daimyō - Cha ( Daimyō Cha ) Tradition Emphasizing Kirei Sabi ( Kireisabi ); Independent Of The Sen Family
Enshū-ryū (遠州流) iemoto lineage — 13 generations from Kobori Enshū (1579–1647) through current iemoto Sōjitsu (succeeded 2002); founder-defining daimyō-cha (大名茶) tradition emphasizing 綺麗さび (kireisabi); independent of the Sen family
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Founder ; Daimyō Of Komoro Then Bizen - Matsuyama ; Tea - Master To First Three Tokugawa Shoguns ; Designed Katsura Imperial Villa , Nijō Castle , Sentō ; Codified Kireisabi ( Kirei Sabi ); Revived Enshū Nanagama ( Seven Kilns )
Eldest son of Enshū; calligrapher of distinction (performed brush before Emperor Go-Mizuno-o); curated Enshū's bequests and continued the school
Compiled The Foundational " Enshū - Zōchō " ( Tō Shū Zō Chō ) Utensil Register ; Refined Practice Through Court Connections
Inherited At Age 10 ; Lectured On The Analects ( Rongo ) Before The Shogun ; Died At 29
Active As Wakadoshiyori ( Wakadoshiyori , Junior Elder ) At The Bakufu ; Preserved Enshū - Ryū Strictly
Adopted from the Niemonjie branch (descendants of Enshū's half-brother) after the gen 6 daimyō line was disinherited following the Fushimi-sōdō incident; refounded the tea-school line
Compiled " Kitchashiki " ( Kissa Shiki ) And " Sukiya - Kiroku " ( Sukiya Kiroku ) — Major Systematizations Of Enshū - Ryū Practice And Architecture
Sōen's son; long ronin years before reinstated as bakufu retainer; restored the Kobori family name; received samurai status of 1500 koku as Gotetsuhō-tō in 1857
Calligrapher and painter of such skill that he could reproduce Enshū's brush style; bridged the Bakumatsu transition
Decided to open Enshū-ryū to the general public for the first time; began the modernization of school administration
Tokyo-based; pillar of postwar tea-world; led the school's institutional development
Promoted " Kokumin Minna No Cha " ( Kokumin Kai Cha , " Tea For All "); Scholar Of Meibutsu - Gire ( Textile Classifications ) And Chabana ( Tea Flowers )
Current iemoto since 2002; expanded school internationally; founded the youth program "Enshū-ryū Chadō Kodomo Juku"