Sen Sōshitsu XV

✶April 19, 1923

†August 14, 2025

1 candle burning, 7 lit in all

About their life

Sen Sōshitsu XV was the 15th-generation Grand Master (iemoto) of Urasenke, which is one of the most widely known schools of Japanese tea, and served in official capacity from 1964 to 2002. In 1949, he received the Zen title Hōunsai (鵬雲斎). Following his retirement, he adopted the name Sen Genshitsu (玄室), with the honorary title Daisōshō, in order to distinguish him from his son and successor, Sen Sōshitsu XVI. For over seven decades, Sen Genshitsu traveled across the world in order to promote the ethos of "Peacefulness through a Bowl of Tea".

tea master from Japan (1923–2025)

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Biography from the article Sen Sōshitsu XV on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.