Edo Senke style

One of the schools of tea ceremony founded by Kawakami Fuhaku. A senior disciple of the 7th head of the Omotesenke school, Joshinsai Soza, Fuhaku was ordered by his master to go to Edo and work to popularize the Senke tea tradition, and the tea tradition passed down by his descendants is called "Edo Senke." At the age of 55, Fuhaku handed over the name Sosetsu to his heir, Jitokusai Soin, and moved to the Mizuno family's retreat in Ushigome Akagi. The school then declined for a time with the Meiji Restoration during the reign of the 4th head, Kakuso Fuhaku (died 1869), but today, Kawakami Kansetsu, head of the Yayoi-cho Edo Senke, and Kawakami Sosetsu, head of the Ikenohata Edo Senke, both inherit Fuhaku's tea ceremony.

[Kouichi Tsutsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

川上不白(ふはく)を流祖とする茶道の流派の一つ。表千家7世如心斎宗左の高弟であった不白は、師の命を受けて江戸へ出て、千家の茶の普及に努め、その子孫によって伝流された茶系を「江戸千家」と称している。不白は55歳で嗣子(しし)自得斎宗引に宗雪号を譲り、牛込赤城(あかぎ)下の水野家の隠宅に移った。その後4世鶴叟(かくそう)不白（1869没）の時代に明治維新を迎え、流儀は一時衰えたが、現在は弥生(やよい)町江戸千家の川上閑雪家元と、池之端(いけのはた)江戸千家の川上宗雪家元が、ともに不白の茶法を継承している。

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