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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) takes part in a tea ceremony with Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on April 15, 2013. (Kyodo)

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in April 2019 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, serving tea during a ceremony at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters in Paris. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in April 2023 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, giving a lecture in Osaka, western Japan. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Japanese tea ceremony master dies

File photo taken in Tokyo in October 2023 shows Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school. He died on Aug. 14, 2025, at age 102.

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in Washington

A traditional Japanese tea ceremony is held at the National Press Club in Washington under Sen Sosa (back, far R), head of the Omotesenke school, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the founding of a tea ceremony practitioners association covering the eastern region of the United States.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2024.

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Ex-Japanese tea ceremony school head talks about wartime experience

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023, talking about his wartime experience as a kamikaze pilot following the mobilization of college students into the Japanese military.

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Ex-Japanese tea ceremony school head talks about wartime experience

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023, talking about his wartime experience as a kamikaze pilot following the mobilization of college students into the Japanese military.

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Ex-Japanese tea ceremony school head talks about wartime experience

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2023, talking about his wartime experience as a kamikaze pilot following the mobilization of college students into the Japanese military.

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Former Japanese tea ceremony school head at U.N. HQ

Photo taken from UN Web TV footage shows 100-year-old Sen Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, and a UNESCO goodwill ambassador, presenting ceremonial tea offering for peace at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 13, 2023.

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Former Japanese tea ceremony school head in Sydney

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, serves tea at a ceremony in Sydney on June 9, 2023.

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Former Japanese tea ceremony school head in Sydney

One-hundred-year-old Sen Genshitu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the leading Japanese tea ceremony schools, delivers a speech in Sydney on June 9, 2023.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony at a teahouse in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2023.

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Abe at New Year tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 18 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a New Year tea ceremony at the Omotesenke school in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2018.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony with guests invited from the business and political worlds in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. Around 2,200 people have been invited over six days of the ceremony starting the same day.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony with guests invited from the business and political worlds in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. Around 2,200 people have been invited over six days of the ceremony starting the same day.

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Sen Genshitsu conducts 'kencha shiki' in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japanese tea master Sen Genshitsu, the previous and 15th grand master of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, conducts a "kencha shiki" or tea-offering ceremony in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 30, 2014, during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of branches he established in South America and Mexico.

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Tea for peace

SYDNEY, Australia - Former Urasenke school tea ceremony master Sen Genshitsu offers tea for the war dead in a ceremony for peace aboard a vessel off Sydney, Australia, on May 7, 2013. A submarine of the former Japanese navy sunk during World War II lies on the seabed below.

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Tea for peace

SYDNEY, Australia - Former Urasenke school tea ceremony master Sen Genshitsu (R) makes tea for the war dead in a ceremony for peace aboard a vessel off Sydney, Australia, on May 7, 2013. A submarine of the former Japanese navy sunk during World War II lies on the seabed below.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) takes part in a tea ceremony with Sen Genshitsu (L), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on April 15, 2013.

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military.

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Tea culture symposium in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A speaker addresses an audience at the sixth East Asia tea culture symposium in Beijing on May 10, 2011. The symposium, initiated in 2004 by Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, is intended to enhance friendship and mutual understanding in East Asia through tea culture.

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Kan attends New Year tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) attends a New Year tea ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. After having tea prepared by Sen Soshitsu XVI (L), head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, Kan said, ''The color (of the tea) was beautiful and it was tasty.'' (Pool photo taken by Kyodo News)

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Japanese master performs tea ceremony in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba - Japanese tea master Sen Genshitsu (R) teaches young people in Cuba how to serve Japanese tea during an event in Havana on Nov. 22, 2009. Over 400 people in the audience also saw Sen, a former head of the Urasenke school, perform the tea ceremony at the event to mark the 80th anniversary of bilateral relations.

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese women (L side, standing) serve tea to local female students in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region.

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - A Japanese woman (L) serves tea to a local female student in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region.

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Ura-Senke holds year's 1st tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Soshitsu Sen (L), head of the Japanese tea ceremony school Ura-Senke, serves tea to guests at the year's first ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7.

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New head of Ura-Senke tea school serves New Year's tea

KYOTO, Japan - The 16th Sen Soshitsu (L), new head of the Ura-Senke school of Japanese tea ceremony, serves tea for guests at a New Year's tea ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7. He succeeded the previous head in December 2002.

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Japan hosts tea ceremony at U.N. as prayer for world peace

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's ceremonial tea master Sen Soshitsu (3rd from L) performs a traditional Japanese tea ceremony at the United Nations before 230 world dignitaries on Sept. 14 and offeres it as prayer for world peace. Sen, the 15th-generation grand master of the Urasenke school of the art of tea, offered the peace prayer by ceremoniously placing a bowl of freshly brewed Japanese tea on a peace monument at the U.N. delegates lounge.

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony begins a series of New Year tea ceremonies in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2016. Around 2,200 people are expected to attend the Kyoto ceremonies held until Jan. 12, followed by additional ceremonies at the school's facility in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australian PM Turnbull attends Japanese tea ceremony

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe enjoy tea served by Sen Soshitsu, head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, at the Urasenke Tokyo branch office in the Japanese capital on Dec. 18, 2015. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese green tea promoted at Milan Expo

A man prepares Japanese matcha powdered green tea served in the traditional Omotesenke tea ceremony style, at the Japan Pavilion of the food-themed Expo Milano in Milan on Sept. 27, 2015. Omotesenke, the second biggest school of the Japanese tea ceremony whose traditions have been handed down for over 400 years, was introduced during an event to promote Japanese green tea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea ceremony wishing for world peace

Sen Genshitsu, the 92-year-old former grand master of the Urasenke school of tea ceremony, displays "the way of tea" during a ceremony wishing for world peace and friendship between Japan and the United States at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to the United States in Washington on Aug. 18, 2015. The ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea ceremony wishing for world peace

Sen Genshitsu, the 92-year-old former grand master of the Urasenke school of tea ceremony, displays "the way of tea" during a ceremony wishing for world peace and friendship between Japan and the United States at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to the United States in Washington on Aug. 18, 2015. The ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea ceremony wishing for world peace

Sen Genshitsu, the 92-year-old former grand master of the Urasenke school of tea ceremony, displays "the way of tea" during a ceremony wishing for world peace and friendship between Japan and the United States at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to the United States in Washington on Aug. 18, 2015. The ceremony commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Buddhist practitioners' school on Mt. Koya

A student of Koyasan Senshugakuin, a Buddhist practitioners' school, arranges flowers in a flower arrangement class at the Buddhist practitioners' school on Mt. Koya, western Japan, on April 23, 2015. In addition to flower arrangement, Japanese tea ceremony and calligraphy are also included in the curriculum to deepen one's cultural understanding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visitors use hand mills in tea ceremony at Expo Milano Japan Pavilion

Visitors use hand mills to prepare tea powder at an Urasenke school-organized Japanese tea ceremony demonstration held at the Japan Pavilion in Expo Milano 2015 on May 1, 2015. The Japan Pavilion, built on a tract of land of about 4,170 square meters, is the largest of its kind among participating countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tea-ceremony room unveiled at S. Korean univ.

Sen Genshitsu (R), the 15th in a series of Japanese tea masters of the Urasenke school, gives a lecture during a ceremony to unveil a newly constructed tea-ceremony room at Busan University of Foreign Studies in Busan, South Korea, on April 23, 2015. With the facility, the Japanese department of the university will offer classes in the Japanese art of tea ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - A Japanese woman (L) serves tea to a local female student in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region. (Kyodo)

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese women (L side, standing) serve tea to local female students in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region. (Kyodo)

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60th anniv. of San Francisco Peace Treaty

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Sen Genshitsu (L front), former grand master of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, performs a tea-offering ceremony in prayer for peace and friendship between Japan and the United States in San Francisco on Sept. 8, 2011, the 60th anniversary of the signing of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty and the Japan-U.S. security treaty. The ceremony, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, took place in the same room where then Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signed the bilateral security treaty 60 years ago in a building that used to belong to the U.S. military. (Kyodo)

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Tea culture symposium in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A speaker addresses an audience at the sixth East Asia tea culture symposium in Beijing on May 10, 2011. The symposium, initiated in 2004 by Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, is intended to enhance friendship and mutual understanding in East Asia through tea culture. (Kyodo)

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony with guests invited from the business and political worlds in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. Around 2,200 people have been invited over six days of the ceremony starting the same day. (Kyodo)

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New Year tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - The Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony holds a New Year tea ceremony with guests invited from the business and political worlds in the city of Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015. Around 2,200 people have been invited over six days of the ceremony starting the same day. (Kyodo)

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Sen Genshitsu conducts 'kencha shiki' in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japanese tea master Sen Genshitsu, the previous and 15th grand master of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, conducts a "kencha shiki" or tea-offering ceremony in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 30, 2014, during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of branches he established in South America and Mexico. (Kyodo)

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Kan attends New Year tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) attends a New Year tea ceremony in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2011. After having tea prepared by Sen Soshitsu XVI (L), head of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, Kan said, ''The color (of the tea) was beautiful and it was tasty.'' (Pool photo taken by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Name-taking ceremony for Omotesenke tea-ceremony school

Sen Sosa (L), the 15th grand master of Omotesenke, one of the three major schools of Japanese tea ceremony, attends a ceremony in Kyoto on Nov. 6, 2018 to celebrate his taking over the hereditary name of Sosa, given to the head of the Omotesenke school-line family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Name-taking ceremony for Omotesanke tea-ceremony school

Sen Sosa (3rd from R), the 15th grand master of Omotesenke, one of the three major schools of Japanese tea ceremony, attends a ceremony in Kyoto on Nov. 6, 2018, to celebrate his taking over the hereditary name of Sosa, given to the head of the Omotesenke school-line family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Next grand master of Urasenke tea ceremony school

Sen Soshi (R), the next grand master of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, meets the press at Juko-in, a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji temple, in Kyoto on Oct. 9, 2020. Current grand master Sen Soshitsu (C) and former grand master Sen Genshitsu also attended.