Sen Shoan

Japanese: 千少庵 - せん・しょうあん

Year of death: September 7, 1614 (October 10, 1614)
Year of birth: Tenbun 15 (1546)
A tea ceremony practitioner in the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods. Son of Miya Ozaburo, a small drum player from Sakai, and Soon (later Sen no Rikyu's second wife). His wife was Rikyu's daughter Kame (according to one theory), and father of Sotan and Yamashina Soho. Commonly known as Yoshibei, his Buddhist name was Sojun. After Rikyu's death, he was tasked with reviving the Sen family, and raised Sotan to be an outstanding tea master of the wabi style, contributing to the perfection of the Sen family's tea ceremony. His father died at the age of eight, and he and his mother Soon were taken under Rikyu's protection. Around 1580 (Tensho 8), he lived in front of the Daitoku-ji temple gates and became independent as a tea ceremony practitioner. After Rikyu committed suicide, he sought refuge with Gamo Ujisato of Aizu, and was pardoned in 1594 (Bunroku 3). During this time, he built the teahouse Rinkaku (Aizu-Wakamatsu City). He returned to Kyoto and, as the successor to the Sen family, restored Rikyu's residence in front of Honpo-ji temple. After handing over the family headship to Sotan, he is thought to have built Shonan-tei (Saiho-ji Temple, Kyoto) and retired. His grave is at Juko-in Temple, Daitoku-ji Temple. <References> "Sakai City History"; "Shoan Sojun Koji" edited by Kyoan

(Toda Katsuhisa)

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Japanese:

没年：慶長19.9.7(1614.10.10)
生年：天文15(1546)
安土桃山・江戸初期の茶湯者。堺の小鼓打ち宮王三郎と宗恩(のち千利休の後妻)の子。妻は利休の娘亀(一説にちゃう)。宗旦,山科宗甫の父。通称吉兵衛,法号は宗淳。利休賜死後の千家再興の任に当たり,傑出した侘び茶人としての宗旦を育成して,千家茶道の完成に貢献した。8歳で父の死にあい,母宗恩と共に利休の庇護を受ける。天正8(1580)年ごろ大徳寺門前に住み茶湯者として自立。利休自刃ののち,会津の蒲生氏郷をたより,文禄3(1594)年赦免。この間茶室麟閣(会津若松市)を造る。京都に戻り,千家の相続者として本法寺前に利休屋敷を復興した。宗旦に家督を譲ったのち,湘南亭(京都・西芳寺)を建て隠退したと考えられる。墓所は大徳寺聚光院。<参考文献>『堺市史』,今日庵編『少庵宗淳居士』

(戸田勝久)

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