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Mushanokojisenke or is a school of Japanese tea ceremony
Japanese tea ceremony

What is commonly known in English as the Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or also chado or sado in Japanese....
. Along with Urasenke
Urasenke

is the name of one of the main Schools of Japanese tea ceremony of Japanese tea ceremony. It is one of the san-Senke ; the other two are Omotesenke and Mushakojisenke ....
 and Omotesenke
Omotesenke

is the name of one of the three houses or families that count their family founder as Sen Rikyu and are dedicated to carrying forward the Way of Tea that he developed....
, the Mushakojisenke is one of the three lines of the Sen family descending from Sen Rikyu, which together are known as the san-Senke or "three Sen houses/families". The head or iemoto
Iemoto

Iemoto is a Japanese language used to refer to the founder or current head master of a certain school of traditional Japanese art. It is used synonymously with the word soke when it refers to the family or house that the iemoto is head of and represents....
 of this line carries the hereditary name Soshu.

Mushakojisenke is associated with Sen Rikyu's great-grandson , who was the second to the oldest of Sen Sotan's four sons.






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Mushanokojisenke or is a school of Japanese tea ceremony
Japanese tea ceremony

What is commonly known in English as the Japanese tea ceremony is called chanoyu or also chado or sado in Japanese....
. Along with Urasenke
Urasenke

is the name of one of the main Schools of Japanese tea ceremony of Japanese tea ceremony. It is one of the san-Senke ; the other two are Omotesenke and Mushakojisenke ....
 and Omotesenke
Omotesenke

is the name of one of the three houses or families that count their family founder as Sen Rikyu and are dedicated to carrying forward the Way of Tea that he developed....
, the Mushakojisenke is one of the three lines of the Sen family descending from Sen Rikyu, which together are known as the san-Senke or "three Sen houses/families". The head or iemoto
Iemoto

Iemoto is a Japanese language used to refer to the founder or current head master of a certain school of traditional Japanese art. It is used synonymously with the word soke when it refers to the family or house that the iemoto is head of and represents....
 of this line carries the hereditary name Soshu.

Mushakojisenke is associated with Sen Rikyu's great-grandson , who was the second to the oldest of Sen Sotan's four sons. Like his older brother, he was Sotan's son by Sotan's first wife, and through much of his life he lived apart from the Sen house. During this time, he became a lacquer artisan. At the behest of his younger brothers, however, he set up his own tea house, called the Kankyu-an, on Mushakoji street, and became devoted to practicing and teaching the Way of Tea.

Ichio Soshu was appointed tea teacher to the Matsudaira clan in Takamatsu
Takamatsu, Kagawa

is located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government....
, Sanuki province
Sanuki Province

was an old provinces of Japan of Japan on the island of Shikoku, with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture. It faced the Inland Sea and bordered on Awa province and Iyo provinces....
. Until the Meiji Restoration, the family heir through the generations was in service to the Matsudaira of Takamatsu.

Generations

Generation Personal name Buddhist name
1st Rikyu Soeki
Sen no Rikyu

is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on the Japanese tea ceremony, particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. Rikyu is known by many names; for convenience this article will refer to him as Rikyu throughout....
 (1522-91)		 ???? Hosensai ???
2nd Shoan Sojun (1546-1614) ????  
3rd Genpaku Sotan (1578-1658) ???? Totsutotsusai ???
4th Ichio Soshu (1593-1675) ???? Jikyusai ???
5th Bunshuku Soshu (1658-1708) ???? Kyoyusai ???
6th Shinpaku Soshu (1693-1745) ???? Seiseisai ???
7th Kenso Soshu (1725-1782) ???? Jikisai ??
8th Kyuo Soshu (1763-1838) ???? Ittotsusai ???
9th Nin'o Soshu (1795-1835) ???? Kokosai ???
10th Zendo Soshu (1830-1891) ???? Ishinsai ???
11th Isso Soshu (1848-1898) ???? Isshisai ???
12th Chosho Soshu (1889-1953) ???? Yukosai ???
13th Tokuo Soshu (1913-1999) ???? Urinsai ???
14th (current iemoto) Sen Soshu (b. 1945) ?? Futessai ???


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