People・Osaka

Sen no RikyuSen no Rikyu

Also known as: 千利休

A tea master born into a merchant house in Sakai who perfected wabi-cha and served as tea master to Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As a cultural figure produced by the self-governing city of Sakai, he is counted among those closely tied to Osaka.

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