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UPI
2 days ago
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- UPI
Japanese tea ceremony master Sen Genshitsu dies at 102
Japanese tea ceremony grand master Sen Genshitsu died at the age of 102. File Photo by Wallace Woon/EPA Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A grand master of Ursanke, a Japanese tea ceremony school, Sen Genshitsu died on Thursday. He was 102 years old. Genshitsu became the grand master in 1964 and received the Japanese Order of Culture in 1997 for his modernization of the traditional tea ceremony. His philosophy was "peacefulness through a bowl of tea" which he shared as he traveled overseas to promote Japanese culture at universities across the world. Genshitsu was recruited into the Japanese Navy during World War II to be a kamikaze pilot. He passed on the title of grandmaster to his son in 2002. Notable deaths of 2025 Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died August 8, 2025, in Illinois, his family announced. He was 97. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
The Mainichi
3 days ago
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- The Mainichi
Japanese tea ceremony master Sen Genshitsu dies at 102
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- Master of Japanese tea ceremony Sen Genshitsu, known for his pursuit for world peace through the art, died Thursday, the tea ceremony school he formerly headed said. He was 102. Genshitsu, a former grand master of Urasenke, one of the art's top three schools in Japan, was recruited to the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War and trained to be a kamikaze pilot but was demobilized following Japan's defeat. After visiting the United States in 1951 to introduce tea ceremony, he traveled to more than 60 countries to convey his philosophy of "peacefulness through a bowl of tea."
