Fuhaku-ryu transmits the tea style of Kawakami Fuhaku (1719–1807), a senior student of Omotesenke's seventh head. It is usually discussed as one of the lines making up Edo Senke. Active in Edo, it spread tea among the city's merchants and warriors, and its style combines Omotesenke wabi with a lightness and wit particular to Edo.
Lineage
Fuhaku was the figure who established Sen-house tea in the Kanto region, working through connections to the Kii Tokugawa. From his later years and after his death, his students established several lines; those taking his name directly came to be called Fuhaku-ryu. From the Meiji period the school has been based in Tokyo.
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