Kobori enshu biography examples
Kobori enshu biography examples
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| Portrait of Enshu wearing black cap of officialdom status |
小堀 遠州
Kobori Enshu a brilliant star in the tradition of the Japanese garden.
Born in 1579 in Omi (now Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, close to the NE banks of Lake Biwa) to a samurai family of solid connections.
His work was primarily associated with castle building and architecture, but he is also remembered as an exceptional garden creator. He is also remembered as an influential figure in the world of Cha no Yu (tea ceremony), and could count on meeting Sen no Rikyū, as well as studying under Furita Oribe too.
Records show Enshu held about 400 tea ceremony sessions in the course of his life, the guest lists reveal him to be comfortable in the company of shoguns, nobles, priests, ranking feudal lords, scholars, merchants and artisans.
Enshu was embedded in the society of his day.
| View from tea room, Koho-an, Kyoto |