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* ''Birth: [[1521]]''
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* ''Birth: [[1520]]''
* ''Death: [[1591]]''
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* ''Death: [[1593]]''
 
* ''Distinction: Tea master, merchant''
 
* ''Distinction: Tea master, merchant''
 
* ''Son: [[Imai Sokun|Sôkun]] (d.[[1627]])''
 
* ''Son: [[Imai Sokun|Sôkun]] (d.[[1627]])''
  
 
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Sôkyû was one of [[Sakai|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 supply firearms and [[gunpowder]] to the [[Oda clan|Oda]]. He instructed Nobunaga in the tea ceremony, advised Nobunaga and certain of his vassals in acquiring artworks, and as a tea master later enjoyed the favor of [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]. Sôkyû was also present for the [[Grand Kitano Tea Ceremony]] ([[1586]]).
Sôkyû was one of [[Sakai|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 clan|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==
 
==References==
 
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*Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in ''A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture''. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 450.
  
 
[[Category:Merchants]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]
 
[[Category:Merchants]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]

Latest revision as of 00:56, 18 August 2020

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 supply firearms and gunpowder to the Oda. He instructed Nobunaga in the tea ceremony, advised Nobunaga and certain of his vassals in acquiring artworks, and as a tea master later enjoyed the favor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Sôkyû was also present for the Grand Kitano Tea Ceremony (1586).

References

  • Initial text from Sengoku Biographical Dictionary (Samurai-Archives.com) FWSeal & CEWest, 2005
  • Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 450.