What is Sen Sōshitsu?
{{Japanese name|Sen}} {{nihongo|'''Sen Sōshitsu'''|千宗室|}} is a traditional name taken on by a series of tea masters of the Uranseke family.<ref>Sen, Sōshitsu. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=MQmuSSimVyQC&dq=Sen+S%C5%8Dshitsu&pg=PA231 ''The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyū,'' p. 231].</ref> ==Lineage== Sen Sōshitsu is the name of the head (''iemoto'') of one of the three schools of the Japanese tea ceremony ===List of Urasenke tea masters=== * [[Sen Rikyū]] (1522-1591) * [[Shōan Sōjun]] (1546-1614) * [[Genpaku Sōtan]] (1578-1658) * {{nihongo|[[Sensō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu IV]]|四代目千宗室||1622-1697}} * {{nihongo|[[Jōsō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu V]]|五代目千宗室||1673-1704}} * {{nihongo|[[Taisō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu VI]]|六代目千宗室||1694-1726}} * {{nihongo|[[Chikusō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu VII]]|七代目千宗室||1709-33}} * {{nihongo|[[ttō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu VIII]]|八代目千宗室||1719-1771}} * {{nihongo|[[Sekiō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu IX]]|九代目千宗室||1746-1801}} * {{nihongo|[[Hakusō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu X]]|十代目千宗室||1770-1826}} * {{nihongo|[[Seichū Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu XI]]|十一代目千宗室||1810-1877}} * {{nihongo|[[Jikishō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu XII]]|十二代目千宗室||1852-1917}} * {{nihongo|[[Tetchū Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu XIII]]|十三代目千宗室||1872-1924}} * {{nihongo|[[Sekisō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu XIV]]|十四代目千宗室||1893-1964}} *{{nihongo|[[Hansō Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu XV]]|十五代目千宗室||born 1923}}<ref>Sen, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MQmuSSimVyQC&pg=PA187 p. 187].</ref> *{{nihongo|[[Genmoku Sōshitsu|Sen Sōshitsu XVI]]|十六代目千宗室||born 1956}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.urasenke.or.jp Urasenke official home page] {{DEFAULTSORT:Sen Soshitsu}}<!-- no comma, see en:WP:MOS-JA#Psuedonymns? --> [[Category:Japanese tea ceremony]]