Katagiri Sekishu was lord of Yamato Koizumi in the early Edo period and the figure who brought warrior-class tea to completion. As founder of Sekishu-ryu and tea instructor to the Tokugawa shogunate, he is the representative name in warrior tea.
Life
He governed his domain while devoting himself seriously to tea, and on becoming tea instructor to the fourth shogun, Tokugawa Ietsuna, organised the shogunate's tea affairs. He established a plain, upright style appropriate to warrior society.
Influence on tea
The principle attributed to him — that wabi belongs to the connoisseur and wabi tea to the warrior — underlies his systematisation of warrior-class practice. His teaching spread rapidly through the Tokugawa clan and the daimyo houses and generated many branches, including Higo Koryu and Chinshin-ryu, forming the broadest lineage in early modern warrior tea.
Sources
- 石州流（デジタル大辞泉 / 日本大百科全書 / 改訂新版 世界大百科事典） / コトバンク
Supports: 片桐石州が流祖であること。石州が古田織部・小堀遠州に続く将軍指南として4代将軍徳川家綱の茶の湯指導にあたったこと
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