Omotesenke
Omotesenke (表千家, literally "front of the Sen house") is the name of one of the main schools of
Japanese tea ceremony. The other two are
Urasenke and
Mushanokōjisenke.
| 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 | | |
| 4th | Kō Sōsa | 江岑 宗左 | Hōgensai | 逢源斎 |
| 5th | Ryōkyū Sōsa | 良休 宗佐 | Zuiryūsai | 随流斎 |
| 6th | Gennō Sōsa | 原叟 宗左 | | 覚々斎 |
| 7th | Tenzen Sōsa | 天然 宗左 | Joshinsai | 如心斎 |
| 8th | Ken'ō Sōsa | 件翁 宗左 | | 啐啄斎 |
| 9th | Kōshoku Sōsa | 曠" 宗左 | Ryōryōsai | 了々斎 |
| 10th | Shōō Sōsa | 祥翁 宗左 | Gyūkūsai | 吸江斎 |
| 11th | Suiō Sōsa | 瑞翁 宗左 | Rokurokusai | 碌々斎 |
| 12th | Keiō Sōsa | 敬翁 宗左 | Seisai | 惺斎 |
| 13th | Mujin Sōsa | 無盡 宗左 | Sokuchūsai | 即中斎 |
| 14th (current iemoto) | Sōsa | 宗守 | Jimyōsai | 而妙斎 |
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Urasenke*
Japanese tea ceremony*
Online Japanese Dictionary entry 
