宗そう匠しょう

noun

master; teacher

A title for a master or teacher, especially in traditional arts such as tea ceremony, flower arrangement, or haiku. Often used as an honorific term of address.

• 茶さ道どうの宗そう匠しょうに弟で子し入いりした。

  I became a disciple of a tea ceremony master.

• 宗そう匠しょうのお点前てまえは見み事ごとだった。

  The master's tea-making performance was splendid.