表おもて千せん家け

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noun

Omotesenke school of tea ceremony

One of the three main schools of Japanese tea ceremony, alongside Urasenke and Mushanokōjisenke.

表おもて千せん家けの茶さ道どうを習ならっています。
I am learning the Omotesenke style of tea ceremony.

surface, table, chart

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家house, home, family

Similar words

裏うら千せん家け
Urasenke is another major school of tea ceremony, often contrasted with Omotesenke in style and philosophy.
武者小路千家むしゃのこうじせんけ
Mushanokōjisenke is the third of the three Senke schools, smaller and less widely known than Omotesenke and Urasenke.

Etymology

The name 表千家 (Omotesenke) literally means 'front Sen house,' distinguishing it from 裏千家 (Urasenke, 'back Sen house'). Both trace their origins to Sen no Rikyū's descendants.