URL:   http://www.urasenke.or.jp/  Name: Urasenke Tea School  Urasenke Photo: Lynn Perry   Alternate Name:   Address: Kamigyo-ku, Honpojimae-machi  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: gardens from several periods beginning with the Momoyama period  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Not usually open to the public  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 1/1/2001  JGarden Description: Ura 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 school include several fine tea houses and gardens. The Japanese Government designated the tearooms and main garden---considered to represent the epitome of the rustic, thatched-hut style---a Historical Site in 1957 and an Important Cultural Property in 1976. The web site includes photographs and descriptions of the main features.

Aoyama Cemetary Not the snows of Fuji Nor the auspicious plume     Of the white heron Nor the sea-foam of Atami     Is so white As the cherries of Aoyama:     Letting fall The freshness of evanescence     On the carved stones of the dead.   John M. Steadman   20th Century