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* ''Death: [[1593]]''<ref>Birth & death dates from: Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in ''A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture''. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 450.</ref>
 
* ''Distinction: Tea master, merchant''
 
* ''Distinction: Tea master, merchant''
 
* ''Son: [[Imai Sokun|Sôkun]] (d.[[1627]])''
 
* ''Son: [[Imai Sokun|Sôkun]] (d.[[1627]])''
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Merchants]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
 
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Revision as of 02:11, 6 January 2013


Sôkyû was one of Sakai's most important merchants and a member of the city's leadership council. When Oda Nobunaga demanded that Sakai acknowledge his authority, Sôkyû urged the council to submit and sent Nobunaga two valuable tea items as a good will gesture. Nobunaga awarded Sôkyû for his efforts by giving him a lucrative commission to manufacture firearms for the Oda. He instructed Nobunaga in the tea ceremony and as a tea master later enjoyed the favor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was present for the Grand Kitano Tea Ceremony (1586).

References

  1. Birth & death dates from: Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 450.