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	Sen no Rikyu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rikyu was born in Sakai in 1522 and named Yoshiro firstly.
		It was Rikyu who synthesized a unique way of life combining the everyday aspects of living with the highest spiritual and philosophical tenets.
		Dom justo takayama (1552 - february 4,1615) was a daimyo born in the yamato province in japan during the tokugawa shogunate....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/se/sen_no_rikyu.htm (1565 words)

	Sen no Rikyu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sen no Rikyu (千利休; 1522 - April 21, 1591) is considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on the Japanese tea ceremony.
		Rikyu's extraordinary sense of beauty left a great imprint on the world of ceramics (raku), architecture, design and the myriad arts and crafts that are combined to create the world of tea.
		Rikyu's innovative architectural design and exemplary use of space are vividly displayed in his tea house Taian, at Myokian, near Kyoto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sen_no_Rikyu (829 words)

	Interview with Sen Soshitsu
		Sen: It is ironic that chado - which brings together many different aspects of traditional culture into a form that seems to be peculiarly Japanese - could play a role in internationalization, which involves going beyond the boundaries of our own culture to embrace our common humanity.
		It was against this background that Rikyu created a new form of social interaction where people from all ranks of society, from lords down to farmers, could come together in a haven of peace.
		Sen: For one who was born into a hereditary position, who has a responsibility to uphold a 400-year-old tradition, and who has made it his lifework to preserve and transmit that tradition, this question is very interesting.
	www.nobleharbor.com /tea/chado/teachadointerview.html (1649 words)

	yn75t03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sen no Rikyu was born in 1522 in Sakai to a merchant family.
		Rikyu was preceded by two tea masters: Murata Juko (1422-1502) and Takeno Joo (1502-1555).
		Sen no Rikyu died at the age of 69.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/ealac/V3613/taian/sen_no_rikyu.html (149 words)

	Sen no Rikyu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/sen_no_rikyu (1778 words)

	Tea Ceremony Utensils
		Sen-no Rikyu, a student and disciple of Jo-o, "reformed the rules of the tea ceremony completing its Japanization to suit ordinary people and surroundings of Japan" (Piepenburg 27).
		The culmination of this evolution was brought about by Sen-no Rikyu, a Buddhist monk and arguably the most influential person in Japan by the time of he was ordered by the shogun to take his own life in 1591.
		The Raku kiln was established by Chojiro (1516-1592) at the direction of the tea master Sen-no Rikyu for the purpose of producing tea bowls to use in his tea ceremonies.
	www.dmh.net /raku98/RAKU.html (1150 words)

	Plutschow - Japanese Tea Ceremony
		In 1568, the daimyo Oda Nobunaga obtained from Ashikaga no Yoshiaki (1537-1597) permission to expel from central Japan the Miyoshi clan and to free the cities of Kyoto, Nara, and Sakai.
		Rikyu provided a kind of second, unofficial but highly reliable channel of communication beyond the "stern facades" the warriors often had to adopt to maintain respectability.
		Although we do not know the exact reasons why Hideyoshi forced Rikyu into suicide soon after this event, it is possible that it was a conflict over the use of Tea as a mirror of the new social order that he tried to establish after he managed to unify the nation under his hegemony.
	www.humnet.ucla.edu /humnet/anthropoetics/ap0501/tea.htm (8706 words)

	Untitled Document
		But it is Master Sen no Rikyû (1522-1591) who completed the elevation of the tea ceremony to the level of a major art form.
		In his desire to bring together the secular and the sacred, Sen no Rikyû incurred his protector's hostility and was compelled to commit suicide.
		Sen no Rikyû, whose art is now taught by three branches of direct descendants, codified the art of tea by instituting strict rules concerning the framework and the unfolding of the ceremony.
	home.hiwaay.net /~slegg/saido/tea.htm (1104 words)

	Tea Ceremony
		Initially, and unsurprisingly, the tea ceremony was an activity indulged by the nobility, as tea itself was primarily the elixir of the upper class at this time.
		Rikyû is said to have frowned on his master's use of the tea ceremony as a forum to discuss matters of state, which he saw as disturbing if not altogether nullifying the harmony of the ceremony.
		Sen no Rikyû himself left this piece of advice as the final of his Hundred Rules for cha no yu: "Though you may cleave to these rules and sometimes break them, and though you don't take them seriously, don't quite forget them."
	www.samurai-archives.com /tea.html (1221 words)

	Wabi-Sabi Savior
		Rikyu traveled to tea-master Takeeno Joo, who tested the younger man by asking him to tend the garden, another sacred tradition in Japanese culture.
		Rikyu weeded and cultivated the ground until the garden was aesthetically perfect.
		In fact, it is often the so-called normal, healthy ones that worry me, just like you can trust somebody in therapy because they are admitting their problems, their fragile hearts are worn on the outside, they are not trying to hide, but to admit their frailties, and lopsided sides of their selves, and move forward.
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	"Japanese Green Tea" - alltea.com
		Sado, or the way of tea (commonly called "tea ceremony" by foreigners), was developed in the 16th century and canonized by Sen no Rikyu, the founder of the both the famous Urasenke and Omotesenke and the smaller Mushankojisenke schools of tea ceremony.
		These were established by Sen no Rikyu's descendents and are located in Kyoto.
		Sen no Rikyu was known for establishing a simple rustic aesthetic in the art, architecture and craftsmanship in tea ceremony and other artistic accomplisments called wabisabi.
	www.alltea.com /leaves/brewing (706 words)

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		It is kept simple and plain, with nothing to distract from the dedication to tea, a quality the Japanese of this era considered a "luxury" as a balance to the gold and silk richness of their homes.
		Perhaps no more striking example of this sense of the "luxury of austerity" is the story of Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi's visit to the teahouse of Rikyu.
		When he was inside the small, intimate tea room, warmed from the steam hissing from the kettle over the brazier, he saw Rikyu kneeling in front of the brazier, an exquisite tray on the mat to his side, holding his finest tea utensils and a small caddy of precious tea.
	public.fotki.com /togeika/mashiko_countryside/viewcomments.html (668 words)

	Hosokawa Tadaoki ( Sansai ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His mentor in Chanoyu,Sen No Rikyu, was often in the company of Toyotomi Hideyoshi during these military compaigns to provide services in the tea ceremony.
		When Sen No Rikyu lost favor in 1591 with Toyotomi Hideyoshi over being honored for his patronage of the Daitoku-ji temple it was Tadaoki who stood up for his mentor and when it was inevitable that Rikyu must commit seppuku it was Tadaoki who sent his own retainer to assist him.
		Tadaoki was notable for his steadfast friendship for those in Rikyu's inner circles of training in the tea ceremony, never turning his back on his mentor and fellow students even when they lost favor and suffered political ill fortune.
	www.artsales.com /ARTistory/Hosokawa/Hosokawa_Tadaoki_(Sansai).htm (3308 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One of his students' student, Sen no Rikyu(1522-1591) founded Senke-ryu Sado and this is the origin of Sado today.
		But Sen no Rikyu's life came to a close when he made the great warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi fly into a rage and was ordered to commit suicide by seppuku(hara-kiri) in 1591.
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	www.jinenkan.com /ArticleSado.htm (601 words)

	Sen Rikyu, Japanese Hakata Doll of Tea Ceremony's Master.
		Sen Rikyu, Japanese Hakata Doll of Tea Ceremony's Master.
		Sen Rikyu is a 16th century influential tea master who perfected the Cha-no-yu, way of tea.
		Sen Rikyu is a given name by the Emperor.
	www.black-samurai.com /figurines/hakata/senno-rikyu.htm (82 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Sen-no-Rikyu is responsible for synthesizing aspects of daily life with the highest spiritual ideals and wrote prolifically on the subject.
		Tea houses are independent structures in which an environment conducive to quiet contemplation and the ritual of the tea ceremony is created.
		Despite the fact that after Rikyu’s death, the art of shado was taken over by feudal lords who used it for relaxation and recreation, his teachings survive to this day and the tea ceremony continues to reflect the basic Zen tenets of peace, harmony and tranquility.
	www.japancorner.com /tea-ceremony.asp (988 words)

	Hideyoshi & Sen No Rikyu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		RIKYU drinks the sake in two sips, picks up the brush and calmly begins to write on the paper.
		RIKYU opens his kimono, placing one sleeve under his knee to prevent his body from falling backwards after death.
		RIKYU determinedly drags the blade across his belly to the right, and finishes with a quick upward jerk of the blade.
	www.roblanderos.com /collector/v_samurai.html (1074 words)

	Japanese tea ceremony - Simple English Wikipedia
		By the 16th century, all people in Japan, rich people and poor people, liked drinking tea.
		A man called Sen no Rikyu started teaching about tea ceremony.
		Many years have passed, but people still make tea the same way that Sen no Rikyu taught.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony (500 words)

	The Correct Placement. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sen no Rikyu, a tea-master, wished to hang a flower basket on a column.
		He asked a carpenter to help him, directing the man to place it a little higher or lower, to the right or left, until he found exactly the right spot.
		But so accurate was the tea-master's sense of proportion that it was not until the carpenter reached the identical spot again that its location was approved.
	www.nozen.com /correctplacement.htm (109 words)

	Asia Society: Japanese Art - Water Jar for Tea Ceremony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Not only were rustic ceramics such as this water jar intensely coveted and carefully guarded, most of the wares were given names, biographies, and diaries to designate their status and importance.
		According to Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591), the greatest tea master of Japan, chanoyu (or "the way of tea") is nothing more than boiling water and drinking it.
		Sen no Rikyu himself ultimately lost his life due to his intimate involvement with politics and power through tea.
	www.asiasociety.org /arts/japanmovie/object22.html (232 words)

	Sharing Tea: The Essence of Hospitality
		Sen Soshitsu, fifteenth Grand Master of the Urasenke School of Tea, knew that it was "the free and magnanimous heart that counts" in the serving and drinking of tea.
		He was overjoyed at Rikyu's acceptance, and when Rikyu came for tea, the grower led him into the tearoom and served Rikyu tea himself.
		On the way home, one of the students asked Rikyu, "Why were you so impressed by such a shameful performance?" Rikyu replied, "This man did not invite me with the idea of showing off his skill.
	www.teamuse.com /article_060201.html (839 words)

	Resurgence issue 203 - A CULTURE OF SIMPLICITY by Leonard Koren
		The sixteenth-century Japanese tea master and Zen monk, Sen no Rikyu, refined the culture of wabi-sabi.
		Things wabi-sabi have no need for the reassurance of status or the validation of market culture.
		They are usually made from materials not far removed from their original condition within, or upon, the Earth and are rich in raw texture and rough tactile sensation.
	www.resurgence.org /resurgence/issues/koren203.htm (718 words)

	Daitokuji Temple Complex - Sacred Destinations
		Legend has it that Sen no Rikyu completed two of Daitokuji's three gates in 1589 and this was his undoing.He placed a statue of himself on top of the second gate, and Hideyoshi Toyotomi realized that he and everyone else who passed through the gate to enter would be looked down on by the statue.
		According to the legend, he ordered that the offending statue be removed and that Sen no Rikyu commit seppuku.
		While history does record that Sen no Rikyu commited seppuku, the reason is not known for certain.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /japan/daitokuji-kyoto.htm (486 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The exhibition opened with a group of Chinese and Japanese tea utensils favored by the influential tea master Sen no Rikyu (1522–1591), Furuta Oribe's mentor and predecessor as tea master to the ruling shogunate.
		The finely crafted Chinese wares contrast markedly with the tea ceramics produced in Japan at the end of Rikyu's lifetime at kilns in Mino (modern-day Gifu Prefecture), Furuta Oribe's native province, which reflect the tastes of the emerging aficionados of tea among the newly powerful merchant class in the capital Kyoto, southwest of Mino.
		Rikyu had already begun to move away from dependence on Chinese and Korean tea utensils, preferring Japan's indigenous products.
	www.metmuseum.org /special/Oribe/turning_more.htm (1779 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ Japanese Proverb, Your Journey ~ May 8 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Famous tea master Sen no Rikyu (1521-1591) transformed the tea ceremony, chanoyu, the Way of Tea, into the intimate gathering of modesty and refinement that it is today.
		Sen no Rikyu's aesthetic rituals was a delightful respite from the busy and sometimes violent world outside.
		His gathering place evolved into the traditional tea room: small and simple, made of natural materials such as bamboo and wood, paper windows, and floor covered with tatami mats--mats of woven straw.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /050802.htm (228 words)

	Essays and Interviews
		It is no coincidence (but a historic fact ignored by most in Japan) that one of his closest confidants, one of his wives, was one of the first converts to Christianity, the fruit of an influx of missionaries into Japan in the 15th and 16th centuries.
		Hideyoshi realized, quite correctly, that the egalitarian nature of tea would be dangerous to his power, and he became, by no coincidence either, one of the greatest enemies of Christianity in history, ordering the execution of thousands of believers, and closing the country for several centuries.
		He ordered Rikyu to commit Seppuku at the end, the most cruel art form of suicide, at the very tea house of Shalom.
	www.makotofujimura.com /essays/post_911_english4.html (717 words)

	Edo Okimono of Sen no Rikyu
		We here offer a simply elegant sculptural depiction of Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591), the most famous of Japan’s tea masters and to whom is attributed the primary role in the creation of the classic Japanese tea ceremony.
		Carved from boxwood, this piece is clearly dated to the third year of the Kaei Era (1848-1854), which appears in kanji on the underside of the removable head (see photo).
		Sculptural depictions of Sen no Rikyu are by no means commonplace, and this piece is a nearly pristine late-Edo example of such a rarity.
	www.trocadero.com /ICHIBAN/items/145316/item145316store.html (238 words)

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