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Furuta Oribe

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1544–1615 Also known as Furuta Shigenari、Shigenari、Oribe

Furuta Oribe (1544–1615) was a Japanese tea master of the Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo period, one of the Seven Disciples of Sen no Rikyū, famed for …

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  1. 1570–1591Sakai · Osaka PrefectureFuruta Oribe was born into a merchant family in Sakai, studied the way of tea under Sen no Rikyū, became one of the Seven Disciples, and participated in designing tea rooms and tea utensils.
  2. 1591–1615Kyoto · Kyoto PrefectureHe successively served as tea master to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, remained active at early Edo period tea gatherings in the 1610s, and established the Oribe-style tea procedure and Oribe-yaki style, until he was executed in 1615 over political entanglements.

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