Sen no Rikyu Speaking of "tea person" That image is strong, isn't it?
"Wabi-sabi" This is also the word of Japanese aesthetics.
By the way, "wabi" means to fill even the shortage.
"Rust" means that the essence of things comes to the surface over time.
" San-Senke ", a tea ceremony school that has continued for 400 years. This is also the start.
If you think you're just tea, Oda Nobunaga Sanya Toyotomi Hideyoshi He was also very useful to him and was loved by many Sengoku daimyos.
I will introduce Sen no Rikyu in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.
Sen no Rikyu, easy profile
Birth and death 1522-1591 (The Battle of Sekigahara will occur in 1600)
His real name is "Tanaka" Mr. Miss. For those with unusual names, there are actually many people whose real names are normal. Is it a longing?
The name "Rikyu" has been used since around 63 years old. The meaning is "Aim for the frontier without being drowned in talent" Things like that. wonderful!
Born in a merchant's house in Sakai (Osaka), he has been in the tea ceremony since he was a teenager.
Around 50 years old Oda Nobunaga's tea head Will be. A tea head is easily a tea master. The person who teaches.
Around 60 In June, a grand tea ceremony was held at Honnoji Temple to showcase Nobunaga's proud collection.
And that night, Nobunaga Akechi Mitsuhide Due to his rebellion, it fell into flames with the famous tea utensils. "Honnoji Incident" is not it.
Became a tea master of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who achieved the unification of the world, and became involved in politics.
Around 63 years old Hideyoshi becomes Kampaku and makes tea for the emperor.
Rikyu played the role of managing the place, and at this time he was given the name of "Rikyu" by the emperor.
Then, I gradually got sick with Hideyoshi, around 70 years old . Die due to seppuku life.
What is the tea ceremony in the Warring States period?
There are gorgeous bowls even today, but the value of the bowls at that time was not comparable to what it is now, as some of them deserve one country and one castle.
Nobunaga Oda also used tea ceremony in the world of politics.
Only those who got permission from Nobunaga could hold a tea ceremony and used expensive bowls for rewards.
Since working hard on tea is also recognized by Nobunaga, the existence of Rikyu, who is familiar with tea, was very necessary for his vassals.
A certain daimyo is famous tea pot Had
Nobunaga wanted to get it, even if it wasn't.
Nobunaga surrounded the daimyo's castle and "If you give him the tea pot, he will save his life!" Is called.
The daimyo is "Nobunaga has a neck and a chagama!" And then I packed the tea pot with gunpowder and tied it to my neck explosion I have done it.
The world of tea ceremony has become a source of battle.
Relationship between Sen no Rikyu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi
"The best tea master in Japan" Hideyoshi and "Tea Master of the World" Rikyu-san is known all over the country. At first I had a good relationship.
The warlords who like the tea ceremony are becoming more and more disciples of Rikyu. Hideyoshi's younger brother, Toyotomi Hidenaga Sanya Ieyasu Tokugawa And so on.
Hidenaga, who has a gentle personality and a lot of hope, is also the person who was repairing between Rikyu, who speaks to politics, and the daimyo who are dissatisfied with it.
January 1591 Hidenaga died of illness If that happens, the relationship between Hideyoshi and Rikyu will get worse and worse.
Moreover, the daimyo who were dissatisfied with Rikyu also infused Hideyoshi with rumors.
Only one month after Hidenaga's death, Rikyu was finally ordered to seppuku by touching Hideyoshi's reverse scale.
The reason for Sen no Rikyu's seppuku!
・ The statue of Rikyu was placed on the 2nd floor of the temple, and when Hideyoshi walked on the 1st floor, he passed under the statue.
It seems that it wasn't Rikyu-san who put it.
・ Cheap tea utensils were sold at a high price.
Rikyu had the idea that older things were more valuable.
・ Hideyoshi tried to make Rikyu's daughter a concubine, but was refused.
My father is likely to judge that. Hideyoshi likes women.
・ Differences in the way of thinking about the tea ceremony.
"Golden Tea Room" Hideyoshi likes gorgeous flashiness enough to make.
"Wabi-sabi" Rikyu-san prefers simple things.
In one story, "Why don't you come to the tea ceremony because the morning glory is beautiful?" Rikyu.
Hideyoshi was imagining a morning glory in full bloom, but when he went there, there was only one flower in the alcove.
"Beauty that stands out because it is a single wheel" Rikyu.
Furthermore, Rikyu's tea room was about 2 tatami mats, and the entrance was narrow and low, so even if he was a world person, he had no choice but to bow his head. How did Hideyoshi feel about these things?
It was Rikyu who thought that everyone was equal in the tea room.
・ Mr. Rikyu was a spy of Mr. Ieyasu Tokugawa and tried to poison Hideyoshi.
On the contrary, there is a theory that Hideyoshi ordered Ieyasu to poison him, but he refused to do so.
It was said that Hideyoshi had the idea that if Rikyu apologized, he would forgive him, but Rikyu accepted the seppuku without showing any pretense to apologize.
After Rikyu's death, Hideyoshi continued to regret his actions.
The content of the phrase that Rikyu wrote just before his death,
" Sugawara no Michizane who lived in the Heian period
Was falsely accused and became the god of learning after death.
If he dies, he may become the god of tea ceremony.
Summary
Sen no Rikyu was a person needed by many Sengoku daimyos.
He masters the tea ceremony and solidifies his thoughts.
On the other hand, he also made many enemies.
He died tragicly, but it's amazing because the tea ceremony left by Rikyu has been alive for 400 years.
It is said that if Rikyu had been allowed there, he would not have been so famous.
Dead "The God of Tea Ceremony" I may have become.