Calligraphy Wa-ki ban-fuku wo shō-zu, 和気生萬福, Harmony-spirit enlivens-ten thousand-fortune, written by Gen-shitsu, 玄室, Mystery-room, Dai-sō-shō, 大宗匠, Great-sect-artisan, Sen Sō-shitsu, 千宗室, Thousand Sect-room, XV, Hō-un-sai, 鵬雲斎, Phoenix-cloud-abstain, when he was around the age of 100. Remembering Hōunsai Sen Sōshitsu XV, who passed away at the age of 102 on August 14, 2025. His passing is in concurrent with the 2025 lunar OBon, when the departed spirits return to ancestral homes. Hōunsai Sen Sōshitsu XV is a figure in Japanese culture, who has maintained the timeless traditions of Chanoyu, and sought peace around the world through the sharing of a bowl of Tea. He established centers of the Urasenke...
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Hōunsai Konomi: Celebrating 101 Years
Hōunsai Konomi: Celebrating 101 Years
Kake-jiku, 掛軸, hang-scroll, with calligraphy, San-shoku Shō-jō-shin, 山色清浄身, Mountain-color pure-pure-body, by Hō-un-sai, 鵬雲斎, ‘Phoenix’-cloud-abstain, written prior to 1976. The text likens the landscape to the body of the Buddha. Hō-un-sai, 鵬雲斎, ‘Phoenix’-cloud-abstain, is the Buddhist name of Sen Sō-shitsu, 千宗室, Thousand Sect-room, XV Ie-moto, 家元, House-origin, Headmaster of Ura-sen-ke, 裏千家, Inner-thousand-family; 1913-present. Since his retirement, he is called Gen-shitsu, 玄室, Mystery-room, and is called Dai-sō-shō, 大宗匠, Great-sect-artisan. In the family of Urasenke, the presiding head master, iemoto, is named Sō-shitsu, 宗室, Sect-room. This was established by Rikyū’s grandson, Sō-tan, 宗旦, Sect-dawn, when he divided his family into four branches, naming each of his sons as...
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