Shoando Tea House 少庵堂

Official explanation

Shoando, the first tea house along the path through the lower garden, was built in 1920. It is named after and enshrines a wooden statue of tea ceremony master Sen no Shoan (1546–1614), an adopted son of Sen no Rikyu (1522–1591), one of the greatest masters of the “way of tea” (chado or chanoyu).

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