Mushanokōjisenke
Mushanokōjisenke (武者小路千家), also known as
Kankyū-an, is a school of
Japanese tea ceremony. Along with
Urasenke and
Omotesenke, it is one of the three main schools, or
san senke (三千家), although it is largely unknown outside
Japan, and is by far the least popular of the three. The head of a tea school is known as the
iemoto (家元).
Mushanokōjisenke is associated with
Sen no Rikyu's great-grandson
Ichiō Sōshu (一翁宗守), who revived the tradition at the behest of his father Sōtan whose name is also that of the location of the Kankyū-an tea house which Sōshu inherited from his father. Kankyū-an's name is taken for an ancient saying.
["Senke to Kankyū-an no rekishi" in Mushanokōjisenke Website. Accessed May 12, 2006.] Ichiō Sōshu was appointed tea teacher to the
Matsudaira clan in
Takamatsu,
Sanuki province. Until the arrival of the Hans, each of his heirs served Matsudaira of Takamatsu.
Among the Mushanokōjisenke masters are those who belonged to the generations after Shinpaku Sōshu and are often referred with their Saigō as amongst the Buddhist faithfuls.
| Generation | Personal name | | Tea name! | | 1st | Rikyu Sōeki (1522-91) | 利休宗" | Hōsensai | 抛筌斎 |
| 2nd | Shōan Sōjun (1546-1614) | 少庵宗淳 | | |
| 3rd | Genpaku Sōtan (1578-1658) | 元伯宗旦 | Totsutotsusai | '々斎 |
| 4th | Ichiō Sōshu | 一翁宗守 | Jikyūsai | 似休斎 |
| 5th | Bunshūku Sōshu | 文"宗守 | Kyoyusai | 許"斎 |
| 6th | Shinpaku Sōshu | 真伯宗守 | Jōjōsai | 静々斎 |
| 7th | Kenshū Sōshu | 堅叟宗守 | Jikisai | 直斎 |
| 8th | Kyūō Sōshu | 休翁宗守 | Ittotsusai | 一啜斎 |
| 9th | Kimiō Sōshu | 仁翁宗守 | Kokosai | 好々斎 |
| 10th | Zendō Sōshu | 全"宗守 | Ishinsai | 以心斎 |
| 11th | Isshō Sōshu | 一叟宗守 | Isshisai | 一指斎 |
| 12th | Tokumatsu Sōshu | 聴松宗守 | Yokōsai | 愈好斎 |
| 13th | Tokuō Sōshu | 徳翁宗守 | Urinsai | 有隣斎 |
| 14th (current iemoto) | Sen Sōshu | 宗守 | Futetsusai | 不徹斎 |
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Musanokōjisenke website (Japanese only)
