Sen no Rikyū

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Sen no Rikyū was a 16th-century Japanese tea master who profoundly shaped the wabi-cha aesthetic and is regarded as the most influential figure in the history of the Japanese tea ceremony.

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Sen no Rikyū canonical 7
Rikyū 1
Sen no Rikyu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese tea master
artist
cultural figure
tea ceremony practitioner
associatedTemple Daitoku-ji
associatedWith Raku ware
birthPlace Izumi Province NERFINISHED
Japan
Sakai
birthYear 1522
causeOfDeath ordered seppuku
child Okame
Sen Dōan
countryOfCitizenship Japan
culturalImpact inspired later tea masters and artists
shaped Japanese notions of refined simplicity
deathPlace Kyoto
deathYear 1591
designed small rustic tea rooms
two-mat tea room
disciple Furuta Oribe
Hosokawa Tadaoki
emphasized austere wabi aesthetic
rustic beauty
simplicity in tea ceremony
era Azuchi–Momoyama period
givenName Sōeki
honorificName Rikyū
linked to: Sen no Rikyū
house Sen family
influenced Japanese aesthetics
Japanese tea ceremony
Raku tea bowls
linked to: Raku ware
knownFor Japanese tea ceremony
chanoyu reform
wabi-cha aesthetic
legacy foundational figure of the Sen tea schools
most influential figure in history of Japanese tea ceremony
mannerOfDeath seppuku
movement wabi-cha
linked to: wabi-sabi
name Sen no Rikyū
philosophy wabi-sabi
position tea master to Oda Nobunaga
tea master to Toyotomi Hideyoshi
religion Zen Buddhism
linked to: Chan Buddhism
served Oda Nobunaga
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
spouse Hōshin Myōju
teacherOf Furuta Oribe
Hosokawa Tadaoki
Shōan Sōjun

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi associatedWith Sen no Rikyū
Sakai City associatedWithPerson Sen no Rikyū
Sen no Rikyū name Sen no Rikyū
Sen no Rikyū honorificName Rikyū
linked to: Sen no Rikyū
Sakai, Osaka notablePersonAssociated Sen no Rikyu
linked to: Sen no Rikyū