Matsuo Style

It is a school of tea ceremony. Its distant ancestor was Tsuji Gensai, a disciple of Takeno Jōō, and its founder was Himago Souji (1677-1752), the great-grandson of Matsuo Souji (1579-1658), a disciple of Sen Sōtan who was sometimes counted as one of the Four Heavenly Kings. However, some refer to Tsuji Gensai as the first and Souji as the sixth. The first Souji was born in Kyoto and first studied the Sotan school of tea under Machida Shūha, but later received the full teachings from Kakujōsai Soza, the sixth head of the Omotesenke school, and traveled to the Nagoya area to spread the tea ceremony. He wrote the Heisouki. The second head priest, Sogo (1701-1871), was known as Gankosai and wrote the book Ganko Zuihitsu. The fifth head priest, Sogo (1792-1830), loved tea houses and landscaping, and left behind many paintings and calligraphy, and is considered to have revived the Matsuo school. The 13th head priest (Soten) is currently succeeding him at Rakushikiken in Higashi Ward, Nagoya.

[Kouichi Tsutsui]

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茶道流派の一つ。武野紹鴎(たけのじょうおう)の弟子辻玄哉(つじげんさい)を遠祖とし、千宗旦(せんのそうたん)の門弟で四天王の一人に数えられることもある物斎(ぶっさい)・楽只軒(らくしけん)松尾宗二(そうじ)（1579―1658）の曽孫(ひまご)宗二（1677―1752）を流祖とする。ただし、辻玄哉を初代とし、宗二を6代とすることもある。初代宗二は京都に生まれ、初め宗旦流の茶を町田秋波(しゅうは)に学んだが、のち表千家6代覚々斎宗左について皆伝を得、名古屋地方へ赴き、茶道を広めることになった。『敝帚(へいそう)記』の著述がある。2世宗五(そうご)（1701―71）は翫古斎(がんこさい)と号し、『翫古随筆』の著がある。5世宗五（1792―1830）は茶室、造園を好み、書画なども多く残して松尾流中興とされる。現在、名古屋市東区の楽只軒で13世（宗典(そうてん)）を継承している。

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