武者小路千家(むしゃこうじせんけ)

むしゃこうじせんけ
noun (proper)
Mushanokojisenke; one of the three major tea-ceremony schools
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See also: 表千家(おもてせんけ) (sister tea school), 裏千家(うらせんけ) (sister tea school)
1. Mushanokojisenke; one of the three major tea-ceremony schools
The third of the three major schools of Japanese tea ceremony, descended from the Sen family through the branch that inherited the Mushanokoji residence. Smaller in membership than Omotesenke and Urasenke, but historically and culturally on equal footing with them.
武者小路千家(むしゃこうじせんけ)も千家(せんけ)の一(ひと)つだ。
Mushanokojisenke is also one of the Sen family schools.
三千家(さんせんけ)は表千家(おもてせんけ)、裏千家(うらせんけ)、武者小路千家(むしゃこうじせんけ)を指(さ)す。
The 'three great Sen houses' refers to Omotesenke, Urasenke, and Mushanokojisenke.
武者小路千家(むしゃこうじせんけ)は規模(きぼ)こそ小(ちい)さいが、独自(どくじ)の点前(てまえ)を今(いま)に伝(つた)えている。
Mushanokojisenke is small in scale, but it carries on its own distinctive tea-making style to this day.

武者小路千家(むしゃこうじせんけ) is the third of the three major schools of Japanese tea ceremony (三千家(さんせんけ)), descended from the Sen family through a separate branch line.

Cultural note

Smaller in membership than 表千家(おもてせんけ) and 裏千家(うらせんけ), but equally old and equally respected; together the three schools are referred to as 三千家(さんせんけ).

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Related: 茶道(ちゃどう) (tea ceremony)
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