Matsuo-ryu descends from Matsuo Soji, who studied with Sen Sotan, and transmits a merchant-class tea tradition centred on Nagoya. From the Edo period through the twentieth century its students came largely from commercial households, and the school is deeply embedded in the local tea culture.
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Soji was one of Sen Sotan's senior students and later spread tea in the region associated with the Owari Tokugawa. Under Owari domain culture from Tokugawa Mitsutomo onward, practice spread among townspeople, and the Matsuo family came to coordinate tea gatherings for local connoisseurs and merchant houses. The school retains links with Nagoya's festivals and its confectionery culture.
Sources
- 松尾流（精選版 日本国語大辞典 / 日本大百科全書） / コトバンク
Supports: 延享・寛延（1744〜51）の頃に表千家六世覚々斎宗左の門人・松尾宗二が創始し名古屋を中心に普及したこと。武野紹鴎の弟子・辻玄哉を遠祖とすること
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