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- Sen no Rikyu’s first documented name was Yoshiro, later changed to Soueki. In 1585 a special tea ceremony was held to celebrate the inauguration of Toyotomi Hideyoshi as Kanpaku. On this occasion, Rikyu was given the special Buddhist name “Rikyu kojigou” by Emperor Ogimachi, and eventually became the supreme tea master.
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Sen no Rikyū (千利休, 1522 – April 21, 1591), also known simply as Rikyū, is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on chanoyu, the Japanese "Way of Tea", particularly the tradition of wabi-cha.
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- Zen and The Spirit of The Tea
- Wabi-Sabi
- Wabi-Cha
Many tea masters were Zen monks because both the Zen and tea ceremony traditions have simplicity as their guiding principle. The main purpose of Zen is to eliminate the unnecessary. The tea culture grew from the preparation and serving of tea in a tiny tearoom. Rikyu explained, “the art of tea consists in nothing else but in boiling water, making t...
The spirit of the art of tea consists of four qualities: harmony (wa), reverence or respect (kei), purity or cleanliness (sei) and tranquillity (jaku). Jaku is sabi (rust), but sabi means much more than tranquillity. Sabi, when used in the context of the tea world, evokes a sense of poverty, simplicity and aloneness, and the meaning of sabi becomes...
Wabi-cha (わび茶、侘茶、侘び茶）is a style of Japanese tea ceremony , particularly associated with Sen no Rikyu and Takeno Jōō, that emphasises simplicity. The term came into use during the Edo era, prior to which it was known as wabi-suki(侘数寄). In Azuchi-Momoyama period (Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s era which spans the years from approximately 1568 ...
Article History. Quick Facts. Byname of: Sen Sōeki. Born: 1522, Sakai, Japan. Died: March 21, 1591, Kyōto (aged 69) Sen Rikyū (born 1522, Sakai, Japan—died March 21, 1591, Kyōto) was a Japanese tea master who perfected the tea ceremony and raised it to the level of an art.
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This is how Yoshiro’s name has been etched in history as Sen no Rikyu. In 1587, Toyotomi Hideyoshi held a grand tea ceremony at Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto. Many historians consider this tea ceremony one of the most important cultural events of the Momoyama period (1568–1600).
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On 1585, Hideyoshi sent Rikyū to prepare tea for emperor Ōgimachi (正親町天皇) at the imperial palace. In return, the emperor gave him the name “Rikyū”. Two years later, when Rikyū was 65, Hideyoshi organized the greatest tea ceremony in the history of Japan: The Grand Kitano Tea Ceremony (北野大茶湯).
Apr 27, 2017 · Although the first known account of a tea master of wabi-sabi is dated back to the end of the 15th century, a Zen monk by the name of Murata Jukō, but getting to grips with the art of wabi-sabi is generally attributed to the tea master Sen no Rikyū (1522-1591), under whom wabi-sabi reached its peak.
Sen no Rikyu is widely considered to be the most influential tea master in Japanese history. He was born in Sakai, a city in Osaka prefecture, in 1522. His given name was Yoshiro, and he was the second son of a wealthy and influential merchant family.
