Chinshin-ryu was founded by Matsura Shigenobu, fourth lord of the Hirado domain in Hizen, and is counted among the branches of Sekishu-ryu. Built on tea learned from Katagiri Sekishu, it developed a style of its own that was preserved in Hirado through the early modern period. It continues today around Hirado in Nagasaki Prefecture, and is one of the few cases where a school founded by a domain lord survives in the place it began.
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Matsura Shigenobu (1622–1703, known as Tensho) governed Hirado while devoting himself seriously to tea; he is said to have entered Katagiri Sekishu's school and received full transmission. His tea was subsequently transmitted to the Toyoda family, senior retainers of the domain, who preserved and passed it on through successive generations.
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