Sen Sosa
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. This name indicates the iemoto
of the Omotesenke
line of the three Sen families/houses (san-Senke), whose common family founder is Sen Rikyū. Sen is the family name; Sōsa is the hereditary name of the iemoto in this line. The first in the line to use the hereditary name was Sen Rikyū's great-grandson, known as Kōshin Sōsa (1613–1672), the third son of Sen 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
(lit., "front Sen house/family").
Similarly, Sen Sōshitsu
is the hereditary name of the iemoto in the Urasenke
line of the three Sen families/houses, and Sen Sōshu
is that of the iemoto in the Mushakōjisenke line.
Iemoto
Iemoto is a Japanese term used to refer to the founder or current head master of a certain school of traditional Japanese art...
of the Omotesenke
Omotesenke
is the name of one of the three houses or families that count their family founder as Sen Rikyū and are dedicated to carrying forward the Way of Tea that he developed. The other two are Urasenke and Mushakōjisenke. The three are together referred to as the san-Senke...
line of the three Sen families/houses (san-Senke), whose common family founder is Sen Rikyū. Sen is the family name; Sōsa is the hereditary name of the iemoto in this line. The first in the line to use the hereditary name was Sen Rikyū's great-grandson, known as Kōshin Sōsa (1613–1672), the third son of Sen Sōtan
Sen Sotan
, also known as Genpaku Sōtan 元伯宗旦, was the grandson of the famed figure in Japanese cultural history, Sen Rikyū. He is remembered as Rikyū's third-generation successor in Kyoto through whose efforts and by whose very being, as the blood-descendant of Rikyū, the ideals and style of Japanese tea...
, 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
Omotesenke
is the name of one of the three houses or families that count their family founder as Sen Rikyū and are dedicated to carrying forward the Way of Tea that he developed. The other two are Urasenke and Mushakōjisenke. The three are together referred to as the san-Senke...
(lit., "front Sen house/family").
Similarly, Sen Sōshitsu
Sen Soshitsu
is the name of the head, or iemoto, of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony. Sen is the family name and Sōshitsu is the hereditary name assumed by the successor upon becoming iemoto. The first person in this line of the Sen family to use the name Sōshitsu was the youngest son of Sen Sōtan;...
is the hereditary name of the iemoto in the Urasenke
Urasenke
is the name of one of the main schools of Japanese tea ceremony. It is one of the san-Senke ; the other two are Omotesenke and Mushakōjisenke....
line of the three Sen families/houses, and Sen Sōshu
Sen Sōshu
Sen Sōshu is the hereditary name of the head of the Mushakōjisenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, whose founder was the 16th century tea master, Sen Rikyū....
is that of the iemoto in the Mushakōjisenke line.