Soami was Noami's grandson and Geiami's son, the last of the three generations of doboshu, supporting Higashiyama culture through shoin display, ink painting, and linked verse.
Life
Taking over the work of his grandfather and father, he served successive shoguns including Yoshimasa, Yoshitane, and Yoshizumi. He carried out the final compilation of the *Kundaikan Sochoki* and completed the system of shoin tea.
Legacy
Utensils and paintings Soami selected survive as Higashiyama treasures and transmit the norms of shoin tea. With him the doboshu line ends, and the initiative in tea passes to the townsman practitioners of Sakai.
Sources
- 相阿弥（朝日日本歴史人物事典 ほか） / コトバンク
Supports: 能阿弥の孫・芸阿弥の子という系譜と、同朋衆としての事績
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Term info
- Life dates
- ？–1525
- Category
- Term
Related terms
- Higashiyama cultureHigashiyama bunka
The culture of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's Higashiyama period, in which shoin tea was established.
- NoamiNoami
The doboshu (1397–1471) who served Yoshimasa and began the codification of shoin display and tea.
- Doboshu (shogunal cultural advisers)doboshu
The Ji-sect attendants who managed the arts for the shogunal house and codified shoin display.