Mushanokōjisenke

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Mushanokōjisenke (武者小路千家, Mushanokōjisenke^?), 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 (三千家, san senke^?), 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, iemoto^?).

Mushanokōjisenke is associated with Sen no Rikyu's great-grandson Ichiō Sōshu (一翁宗守, Ichiō Sōshu^?), 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.^[1]

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.

[edit] Generations

Generation	Personal name		Tea name
1st	Rikyu 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	Ichiō Sōshu	一翁宗守	Jikyūsai	似休斎
5th	Bunshūku Sōshu	文叔宗守	Kyoyusai	許由斎
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	全道宗守	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