, sometimes referred to as Mushanokōjisenke, is one of the three schools of Japanese tea ceremony. Along with Urasenke and Omotesenke, the Mushakōjisenke is one of the three lines of the Sen family descending from Sen no Rikyū, which together are known as the san-Senke or "three Sen houses/families" (三千家). The head or iemoto of this line carries the hereditary name Sōshu (宗守).
History Mushakōjisenke is associated with Sen no Rikyū's great-grandson , who was the second to the oldest of Sen no Sōtan's four sons. Like his older brother, he was Sōtan's son by Sōtan's first wife, and through much of his life he lived apart from the Sen house. During this time, he became a lacquer artisan. At the behest of his younger brothers, however, he set up his own tea house, called the Kankyū-an, on Mushakōji street, and became devoted to practicing and teaching the Way of Tea."Senke to Kankyū-an no rekishi" in Mushakōjisenke official website. Accessed August 8, 2008.
Ichiō Sōshu was appointed tea teacher to the Matsudaira clan in Takamatsu, Sanuki Province. Until the Meiji Restoration, the family heir through the generations was in service to the Matsudaira of Takamatsu.
The eleventh leader of the Mushakōjisenke is credited for modernizing tea ceremony in Japan.
Generations Generation Personal name Buddhist 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 (1605–1676) 一翁宗守 Jikyūsai 似休斎 5th Bunshuku Sōshu (1658–1708) 文叔宗守 Kyoyūsai 許由斎 6th Shinpaku Sōshu (1693–1745) 真伯宗守 Seiseisai 静々斎 7th Kensō Sōshu (1725–1782) 堅叟宗守 Jikisai 直斎 8th Kyūō Sōshu (1763–1838) 休翁宗守 Ittotsusai 一啜斎 9th Nin'ō Sōshu (1795–1835) 仁翁宗守 Kōkōsai 好々斎 10th Zendō Sōshu (1830–1891) 全道宗守 Ishinsai 以心斎 11th Issō Sōshu (1848–1898) 一叟宗守 Isshisai 一指斎 12th Chōshō Sōshu (1889–1953) 聴松宗守 Yūkōsai 愈好斎 13th Tokuō Sōshu (1913–1999) 徳翁宗守 Urinsai 有隣斎 14th (current iemoto) Sen Sōshu (born 1945) 宗守 Futessai 不徹斎
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