====Pre-利休====
   * 明庵栄西（みょうあん　えいさい）, monk who brought tea and Rinzai zen to Japan in 1191. Commemoration day on 5.6 (栄西忌）.
   * 村田珠光（むらた　しゅこう） (1422-1502). From merchant family in Nara, learned shogun-style tea, founded 侘び茶, moved to Kyoto, died. First one to use 墨蹟（ぼく　せき）(Zen calligraphy) in the tea room. He learned Zen under Ikkyū in Daitokuji. 
   * Takeno Joo: Originally from Sakai, went to Kyoto to study unter 珠光（しゅこう）'s Shimogyo Circle, then returned to Sakai in 1536.

====利休====
   * According to [[literature|CQ72]], 利休's grandfather Tanaka Sen'Ami was a merchant in Sakai, who served as a cultural and artistic advisor (//dōbōshū//) who served under Ashikaga Yoshimasa. So 利休 supposedly grew up in such a cultural environment.
   * [[rikyuu|千利休]] (1522-91)
   * He had seven disciples, even though it is disputed who was exactly part of that group:
         * 勢田掃部, famous for his 水海 tea bowl and the large [[chashaku|茶杓]] 利休 had made for it.

====三千家 (さん　せん　け）====
   * 利休's son-in-law Shōan takes over, builds Fushin'an; then [[soutan|Sōtan]] (Sen III, 千宗旦, 1578–1658) takes over. He's a bit scarred from the politicking in 利休's time, so it sounds like he isn't doing much and only later builds Konnichian on the backside of Fushin'an.
   * His second son, Sōshu, builds **Kankyūan** on Mushanokōji street in Kyōto; his third son, Sōsa, takes over **Fushin'an**; and his fourth son, Sōshitsu Sensō (Sen IV), takes over **Konnichian**.

====post-利休====
   * [[oribe|古田 織部（ふるた　おりべ）]] (1544-1615)
   * 3 (or more) of the 7 students of 利休 were Christian, eg Takayama, who 利休 said he had nothing more to teach to.
         * In [[literature|CQ41]] Sen XV sais the Christians were: Gamo Ujisato, Hosokawa Sansai, Oda Uraku, Oribe and Takayama
   * [[enshuu|小堀遠州]]（こぼり　えんしゅう）(1579-1647). Studied under 織部（おりべ）, and taught 3 generations of 徳川（とくがわ）rulers. Inventor of //elegant 詫び//.
   * 織田有楽（おだ　うらく）(1547-1621)
   * [[fumai|Matsudaira Fumai]] 
   * [[naosuke|Ii Naosuke]] (1815-1860): Tried to restore CNY spiritually just before Meiji restoration, adding the idea of the host sitting by the fire in //solitary reflection// after the guests have left.
   * Segai Inoue Kaoru (1835-1915). Sukisha, collector mostly; made tea for the Meiji emperor in 1887 when CNY wasn't so popular.
   * 岡倉 覚三（おかくら　かくぞう）(1863-1913), one of the first to explain to the West 茶の湯 or teaism, as he calls it. In CQ12, his biography explains that he studied arts and Western literature in Japan, established an art school and then around 1900 went to Boston, where we worked in the Asian section of the museum. However, I remember reading somewhere also that he was an Asian antiques trader.


====裏千家====

^  №   ^  Name                  ^  ⏳          ^  Summary                                           ^  茶杓                                 ^
|  1   |  利休                  | 1522-91     |                                                    |  {{ :rikyu_chashack.jpeg?100 }}       |
|  2   |  少庵                  |  1546-1614  | establishes family home in 京都                    |  {{ :shoan_chashack.jpeg?100 }}       |
|  3   |  宗旦                  |  1578-1658  | secluded                                           |  {{ :sotan_chashack.jpeg?100 }}       |
|  4   |  仙叟                  |  1622-97    | established 裏千家 and 大樋                        |  {{ :senso_chashack.jpeg?100 }}       |
|  5   |  不休斎                |  1673-1704  | died young                                         |  {{ :fukyusai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}    |
|  6   |  六閑斎                |  1694-1726  | died young                                         |  {{ :rikkansai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}   |
|  7   |  最々斎                |  1709-33    | died young                                         |  {{ :saisaisai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}   |
|  8   |  又玄斎                |  1719-71    | developed the [[shichijishiki|七事式]]             |  {{ :yugensai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}    |
|  9   |  不見斎                |  1746-1801  |                                                    |  {{ :fukensai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}    |
|  10  |  認得斎                |  1770-1826  |                                                    |  {{ :nintokusai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}  |
|  11  |  [[gengensai|玄々斎]]  |  1810-77    | adopted, developed 和巾点, 大炉, and some 茶箱     |  {{ :gengensai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}   |
|  12  |  又玅斎                |  1852-1917  |                                                    |  {{ :yumyosai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}    |
|  13  |  [[ennousai|圓能斎]]   |  1872-1924  | his mum taught in school, so he made 略盆          |  {{ :ennosai_chashack.jpeg?100 }}     |
|  14  |  淡々斎                |  1893-1964  | established 淡交会, first international tea rooms  |  {{ :tts_chashack.jpeg?100 }}         |
|  15  |  鵬雲斎                |  1923       |                                                    |                                       |
|  16  |  坐忘斎                |  1956       |                                                    |                                       |

   * After 仙叟, all the 裏千家 heads have the name 宗室; but the other schools don't seem to have that tradition.

   * V to VII all died pretty young, leaving the family to recruit new 家元 from 表千家. This is a time when CNY deteriorates into a mere amusement.
        * Tanaka Senshō (1875-1960) was his student, left Urasenke when 23 and called for an opening away from the closed society of CNY, publishing books and magazines.
  * Mugensai 無限斎 or Tantansai (XIV) (1893-1964). He added two 茶箱点前.
  * [[hounsai|Sōshitsu]] (XV). 



====Contemporaries====
   * Heads of Urasenke centers: London is 木村宗啓（きむら　そうけい）, New York is 鈴木宗慶（すずき　そうけい）and Brazil is 林宗慶（はやし）.
   * [[restricted:contemporaries]]
   * [[restricted:hurtebises|Hurtebises]]

====Memorial Services====
   * 利休き is around the 28.3, where a 裏千家-sanctioned set of candle holder, 花入 and incence container (all bronze), as well as 楽 bowl and food stand are used.
   * 裏千家 uses a bronze tube-shaped 花入 for its memorial service for past masters. They are called 響筒, and are originally Chinese bronze tubes for storing sutras.