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context: tea ceremony > history

Sen no Rikyu 1521-1591

a portrait to Rikyu

Five pages for Rikyu - there could be hundreds.

Importance

Politics & Economics

Aesthetics

Death

Influence, Descendants, Schools

and in other sections of the site:

Tea Gardens

Flower Arranging

Raku Ceramics

Calligraphy

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