Hisada-ryu is the tea of the Hisada family, related by marriage to the Sen houses and particularly close to Omotesenke. Successive heads have served in supporting roles at Omotesenke gatherings, including that of hanto, the host's assistant, which gives the line an unusual position: a school in its own right that also functions as part of the infrastructure of another.
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The family's founder, Hisada Soei, is held to have been a son-in-law of Sen Sotan, and later heads built close ties through marriage and adoption. From the Edo period into the modern era the family assisted with utensil selection and the kaiseki meal at Omotesenke gatherings. Formal organisation as a named school with its own head house came in the modern period.
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