Sen no Rikyū
1522–1591 · tea master · Japan
Arts and ideas62 years old in 1584
Sen no Rikyū, also known simply as Rikyū, was a Japanese tea master considered the most important influence on the Japanese tea ceremony, particularly the tradition of wabi-cha. He was also the first to emphasize several key aspects of the ceremony, including rustic simplicity, directness of approach and honesty of self. Originating from the Sengoku and Azuchi–Momoyama periods, these aspects of the tea ceremony persist.
Read more on WikipediaThe world around them · Kyoto, 1590s
- Who governs
- Hideyoshi rules through the great lords. Peasants were disarmed in the sword hunt of 1588.
- Everyday life
- Farmers are tied to their fields by the land survey, and Kyoto is enclosed by new earthen walls.
- Arts and ideas
- Gold-leaf screens by the Kanō painters, and the quiet, plain tea of Rikyū.
- Meanwhile
- In England, Elizabeth I has just beaten the Armada. In 1592 Hideyoshi sends his armies into Korea.
Their life in their time
- 1522
- 157351 years old
- 158260 years oldThe Honnō-ji incident
- 159169 years oldSen no Rikyū is ordered to dietea master
- 159169 years oldDies
Connected to
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Oda Nobunaga · tea master and lord
1579 Rikyū became Nobunaga's tea master in 1579, aged 58.
Source: wikipedia:Sen_no_Rikyū - TH
Toyotomi Hideyoshi · tea master and lord
1582 Rikyū was Hideyoshi's tea master and one of his closest confidants, until Hideyoshi ordered him to take his own life in 1591.
Source: wikipedia:Sen_no_Rikyū
