Takeno Jōō

Japanese: 武野紹鷗 - たけのじょうおう

1502‐55 (Bunkai 2‐Kouji 1)
A tea master from the late Muromachi period. Commonly known as Shingoro, his given name was Nakazai, his pen name was Ikkan Koji, and his Buddhist name was Jōō. He admired the tea style of Murata Jūkō, the founder of wabi-cha tea, and further simplified the tea ceremony and promoted the use of cursive writing, gaining many disciples and spreading Jūkō's tea ceremony. Among them was Sen no Rikyū, who later became known as the master of wabi-cha tea and the tea saint. Jōō's biography is not entirely clear, but he was a member of the Takeda clan, the military governor of Wakasa, and his grandfather Nakakiyo was killed in battle during the Onin War. His father Nobuhisa wandered around the country before settling in Sakai, Senshu, and changing his surname to Takeno.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1502‐55(文亀2‐弘治1)
室町時代末期の茶人。通称新五郎，名を仲材，号を一閑居士，法名を紹鷗と称す。わび茶の開祖村田珠光の茶風を仰ぎ，茶の湯の簡素化，草体化をさらに進め多くの門弟を得て珠光の茶の湯を広めた。その中には，のちにわび茶の大成者とも茶聖ともうたわれた千利休がいる。紹鷗の伝歴は必ずしも明細でないが，若狭の守護大名武田氏の一族で，祖父仲清は応仁の乱に戦死し，父信久は諸国を流浪の果てに泉州堺に住みつき，姓を武野に改めたという。

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