Military commander and master of the tea ceremony of the Azuchi-Momoyama (1576-1603) and the Sengoku (1467-1573)Periods. The younger brother of Nobunaga Oga, he began serving Hideyoshi Toyotomi after his brother's death, but after Toyotomi's death, he fought on the side of Ieysau Tokugawa against Toyotomi loyalists at the Battle of Sekigahara. He retired from military endeavors prior to the second siege of Osaka Castle. Settling in Kyoto, he restored the Shoden-in, a sub-temple of Kennin-ji. He built a tea house, "Jo-an," and spent a lot of time on developing tea ceremony methods. His style of tea ceremony style became known as "the Uraku school." In the process, he became one of the seven disciples of tea masater Rikyu. (tea master).
Military commander and master of the tea ceremony of the Azuchi-Momoyama (1576-1603) and the Sengoku (1467-1573)Periods. The younger brother of Nobunaga Oga, he began serving Hideyoshi Toyotomi after his brother's death, but after Toyotomi's death, he fought on the side of Ieysau Tokugawa against Toyotomi loyalists at the Battle of Sekigahara. He retired from military endeavors prior to the second siege of Osaka Castle. Settling in Kyoto, he restored the Shoden-in, a sub-temple of Kennin-ji. He built a tea house, "Jo-an," and spent a lot of time on developing tea ceremony methods. His style of tea ceremony style became known as "the Uraku school." In the process, he became one of the seven disciples of tea masater Rikyu. (tea master).
Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett
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