初しょ世せい

noun

first generation; founder

Used for the first head or founder of a school, lineage, or organization. Similar to 初代, but 初世 often carries a nuance of a tradition or school (e.g., 初世市川團十郎).

See also: 初代

• 初しょ世せい市いち川かわ團だん十じゅう郎ろうは江え戸ど時じ代だいの歌か舞ぶ伎き役やく者しゃです。

  Ichikawa Danjūrō I was a kabuki actor of the Edo period.

• この流りゅう派はの初しょ世せいは、京きょう都とで修しゅ行ぎょうを積つんだ。

  The founder of this school trained in Kyoto.