Fhshinfan This is a three-and-three-quarter mat tea house at Omotesenke. It was said that the original was a four-and-a-half mat tea room that Rikyu designed in a residence near the main gate of Daitoku-ji temple, but the present Fushinfan was modeled on a tea room that was built by the fourth generation Grand Master Koshin Sosa and his father Genpaku Sotan. The name Fushinfan was chosen by Kokei Sochin at Rikyufs request. It is taken from a Zen saying, eFushin hana hiraku konnichi no haruf, which means, eMysteriously the flowers open. Spring todayf. Fushinfan is the representative Omotesenke tea house and is also a general term for the whole Omotesenke organization. |
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