Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Sen no Rikyu

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Sen no Rikyu

千利休
alternative words: Senno Rikyu, Rikyu, Rikyuu
keywords: artist , famous person
related topics: Tea ceremony , Oda Nobunaga , Toyotomi Hideyoshi , Omotesenke , Urasenke
related web sites: http://www.for-you.co.jp/igaishi/igai-04.html , http://www.city.sakai.osaka.jp/arekore/person/person1.html
explanation: Born in 1522 in a wealthy merchant family of Sakai near Osaka. He first learned tea ceremony from Kitamuki Dochin then Takeno Joo. During this period, he innovated tea houses and tools with more sober style (wabi sabi). Between 1570 and 1573, he served as instructor of tea ceremony for Oda Nobunaga then Toyotomi Hideyoshi and became quickly the confident of Hideyoshi. After a disagreement on the politics with Hideyoshi, he was ordered to commit a suicide and died in 1591.