Fujimura Yoken

A tea master in the mid-Edo period. A disciple of Sen no Sotan. Commonly known as Genbei, his given name was Masanao, and later Tocho. The son of Hisada Soei from Omi (Shiga Prefecture), he was adopted into the Fujimura family, a Kyoto kimono merchant. As the Fujimura family was a purveyor to the Ise Todo family, he served them. He studied Confucianism under Miyake Kisai (Boyo) and later Yamazaki Ansai, and was good at poetry. He first studied tea under Yabuuchi Jochi and Kobori Enshu, and later studied under Sen no Sotan. Known as "Cha Hakushi," he is counted as one of Sotan's four heavenly kings. Known among his tea ceremonies are Hangoan, which he held at his residence in Nishinotouin Shimotachiuri (Kyoto City), Tennenzuetei, which he built at his Isome residence in Omi Katata (Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture), and Yodomi, which he held in his later years at Kurodani Konkaikomyo-ji Saiouin (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City), the latter two of which still remain. Yoken Shishu was compiled after his death. Kusumi Soan, who wrote Chawashigetsushu, was his son-in-law. His grave is in Kurodani.

[Murai Yasuhiko]

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江戸中期の茶匠。千宗旦(せんのそうたん)の弟子。通称源兵衛、名は政直、のち当直。近江(おうみ)（滋賀県）の久田宗栄(そうえい)の子で、京呉服商藤村家の養子となる。藤村家は伊勢(いせ)藤堂家の御用商人であった関係から、これに参仕した。儒学を三宅(みやけ)奇斎（亡羊(ぼうよう)）、のち山崎闇斎(あんさい)に学び、詩をよくした。茶は初め藪内紹智(やぶのうちじょうち)、小堀遠州(こぼりえんしゅう)に学び、のち千宗旦に師事、「茶伯子(ちゃはくじ)」といわれ、宗旦四天王の1人に数えられる。その茶席として西洞院下立売(にしのとういんしもたちうり)（京都市）の居宅に営んだ反古庵(はんごあん)、近江堅田(かたた)（滋賀県大津市）の居初(いぞめ)邸につくった天然図画(てんねんずえ)亭、および晩年、黒谷金戒光明寺西翁院(くろだにこんかいこうみょうじさいおういん)（京都市左京区）に営んだ澱看(よどみ)（淀見）の席が知られ、後二者は現存する。『庸軒詩集』は没後にまとめられたもの。『茶話指月集(ちゃわしげつしゅう)』を著した久須見疎安(くすみそあん)は女婿(じょせい)。墓は黒谷にある。

［村井康彦］

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