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* ''Birth: [[1520]]''

* ''Birth: [[1520]]''

* ''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>

* ''Death: [[1593]]''

* ''Distinction: Tea master, merchant''

* ''Distinction: Tea master, merchant''

* ''Son: [[Imai Sokun|Sôkun]] (d.[[1627]])''

* ''Son: [[Imai Sokun|Sôkun]] (d.[[1627]])''

 

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]]).

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[[Category:Merchants]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]