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.

Since before anyone remembers It has been clear Shining like silver Though the moonlight penetrates it and the wind ruffles it No trace of either remains. Today I would not dare to expound the secret of the stream bed But I can tell you That the blue dragon is coiled there.   Muso Soseki   trans. by W.S. Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu   14th century