Name: Omote Senke Tea School    Alternate Name:   Address: Kamigyo-ku, Honpojimae-machi Agaru  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.033; long=135.75 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: tea gardens of various periods beginning in the Momoyama  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Permission required from Omote Senke to visit the gardens  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 7/22/2000  JGarden Description: Omote Senke represents one of the lineages of tea ceremony and traces itself back to Sen no Rikyu (1520-1591). Rikyu's grandson, Sotan, divided the Sen house among three sons, each founding a school (Ura, Omote, Mushanokoji). The grounds of the Omote Senke school include several fine tea houses and gardens.

The grasshopper Shoulders his whiskers And sings.   Issa   trans. R.H. Blyth