Uraku-ryu carries the style of Oda Urakusai, a younger brother of Oda Nobunaga and a well-known student of Rikyu. The style holds a warrior's bearing together with the wabi spirit learned from Rikyu, and the line is often described as a bridge between daimyo tea and connoisseur culture.
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Urakusai (Nagamasu) survived the Honno-ji incident and afterwards maintained relations with both the Toyotomi and Tokugawa sides while working as a tea master. He studied with Rikyu and left several tea rooms of his own conception, of which Joan is the most celebrated. Joan was relocated to the foot of Inuyama Castle, survives there, and is designated a National Treasure. The school's head organisation was reconstituted in the modern period.
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