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Sen no Rikyū


Born
Japan
Died
April 21, 1591

Genre
Philosophy, Poetry

Influences
Buddha


Sen no Rikyū was born in 1522 in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He chose not to be a fishmonger, but rather a man of wisdom. Eventually, he came to develop the philosophy of wabi sabi and a pioneer of the chanoyu (traditional symbolic tea ceremony). Sadly, aristocrats came to see his emphasis on minimalism and his rejection of materialism as mockery, and he was ordered to commit harakiri on April 21, 1591.

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“How much does he lack himself who must have many things?”
― Sen no Rikyū
tags: asian-philosophy, eastern-philosophy, japan, materialism, philosophy, poetry, tea, zen, zen-buddhism
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“In this thatched hut there ought not to be a speck of dust of any kind; both master and visitors are expected to be on terms of absolute sincerity; no ordinary measures of proportion or etiquette or conventionalism are to be followed.”
― Sen no Rikyū
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“To those who wait
Only for flowers,
Show them a spring
Of grass amid the snow
In a mountain village.”
― Sen no Rikyū
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