Souhenryu

A school of tea ceremony founded by Yamada Soen in the early Edo period. Soen, one of the four great Sotan masters, was recommended by his teacher Sen Soen to become the head tea master of Ogasawara Tadatomo, lord of Yoshida Castle in Mikawa (Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture), and was awarded a stipend of 100 koku. He subsequently served four generations of masters, Naganori, Nagasuke, and Nagashige, retiring in 1697 (Genroku 10) at the age of 71. In his later years, he went down to Edo, set up a residence in Honjo 2-chome, and attracted many disciples from a wide range of social classes, claiming to practice tea in the correct style of Rikyu. However, compared to the hermit-like tea style of Rikyu and Soen, which was devoted to Zen, Soen's tea style, perhaps due to his background, was relatively strongly influenced by the samurai style. Furthermore, the daimyo he served was descended from Ogasawara Sadamune, who was famous as the founder of etiquette, and the family had been knowledgeable about ceremonies for generations, which may have also influenced Soen's tea.

[Kouichi Tsutsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸初期、山田宗徧を開祖とする茶道流派。宗旦(そうたん)四天王の一人である宗徧は、師千宗旦の推挙により、三河(みかわ)吉田城主（愛知県豊橋(とよはし)市）小笠原忠知(おがさわらただとも)の茶頭(さどう)となり、100石を知行。以後、長矩(ながのり)、長祐(ながすけ)、長重(ながしげ)の4代に歴仕し、1697年（元禄10）71歳で致仕(ちし)。晩年は江戸に下り、本所二丁目に居を構え、利休正風の茶法を称して幅広い階層から多くの弟子を集めた。しかし利休・宗旦の禅に徹した隠者的茶風に比して、宗徧の茶風は、その経歴にもよろうが、武家的色彩が比較的濃く反映されている。また仕えた大名が礼法の祖として名高い小笠原貞宗(さだむね)の流れをくむ家柄であり、代々儀式典礼に明るかったことも、宗徧の茶に影響していよう。

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