Urasenke

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The Kabuto Mon entrance to the Urasenke Konnichi-an in Kyoto

Urasenke (裏千家, Urasenke^? lit. "the rear Sen house/family") is the name of one of the main schools of Japanese tea ceremony. It is one of the san-Senke (three Sen houses/families); the other two are Omotesenke and Mushanokōjisenke.

The present head of Urasenke is Zabōsai Genmoku Sōshitsu. He is the 16th generation Grand Master (iemoto).

1 Generations
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Generations

Generation	name		religious pseudonym
1st	Rikyū Sōeki (1522-91)	利休宗易	Hōsensai	抛筌斎
2nd	Shōan Sōjun (1546-1614)	少庵宗淳
3rd	Genpaku Sōtan (1578-1658)	元伯宗旦	Totsutotsusai	咄々斎
4th	Sensō Sōshitsu (1622-97)	仙叟宗室	Rōgetsuan	臘月庵
5th	Jōsō Sōshitsu (1673-1704)	常叟宗室	Fukyūsai	不休斎
6th	Taisō Sōshitsu (1694-1726)	泰叟宗室	Rikkansai	六閑斎
7th	Chikusō Sōshitsu (1709-33)	竺叟宗室	Saisaisai	最々斎
8th	Ittō Sōshitsu (1719-71)	一燈宗室	Yūgensai	又玄斎
9th	Sekiō Sōshitsu (1746-1801)	石翁宗室	Fukensai	不見斎
10th	Hakusō Sōshitsu (1770-1826)	柏叟宗室	Nintokusai	認得斎
11th	Seichū Sōshitsu (1810-77)	精中宗室	Gengensai	玄々斎
12th	Jikishō Sōshitsu (1852-1917)	直叟宗室	Yūmyōsai	又玅斎
13th	Tetchū Sōshitsu (1872-1924)	鉄中宗室	Ennōsai	圓能斎
14th	Sekisō Sōshitsu (1893-1964)	碩叟宗室	Tantansai (AKA: Mugensai)	淡々斎 (無限斎)
15th	Hansō Sōshitsu (Sen Genshitsu) (b. April 19, 1923)	汎叟宗室	Hōunsai	鵬雲斎
16th (current iemoto)	Genmoku Sōshitsu (b. June 7, 1956)	玄黙宗室	Zabōsai	坐忘斎