Iemoto
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Iemoto is a Japanese term used to refer to the founder or current Grand Master of a certain school of traditional Japanese art. It is used synonymously with the term sōke when it refers to the family
Genshitsu Sen, 15th iemoto of the Urasenke school
Urasenke
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Urasenke is one of the main schools of Japanese tea ceremony. Along with Omotesenke and Mushakōjisenke, it is one of the three lines of the Sen family descending from Sen no Rikyū, which together are
Iemoto
…appropriate the title of Wakasōshō (若宗匠, "Young Master"). By tradition, the title of iemoto is also passed down along with a hereditary name. In the Urasenke tradition of tea ceremony, for example, the iemoto carries the name "Sōshitsu". There can only be one iemoto at the head of one school at a time, which…
The Kabutomon gate to the historical Urasenke Konnichian estate in Kyoto
Stile beside the Kabutomon gate to the historical Urasenke estate, marking this as the site of Sen Sōtan's Konnichian
Urasenke Center building, Kyoto