Kamiya Sotan

• Born: 1553
• Died: 1635

Kamiya Sôtan was a Hakata-based merchant and prominent tea master who was also active in Sakai. He was a notable associate of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Sen no Rikyû, participating in a number of tea gatherings with them both in Kyushu and in the Kinai.

References

• Rebecca Corbett, Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan, University of Hawaii Press (2018), 67.