総そう本ほん家け

noun

head family; main branch of a school or religion

Refers to the central or original family in a lineage, or the principal branch of a school, religious sect, or traditional art.

• 彼かれは茶さ道どうの総そう本ほん家けの生うまれだ。

  He was born into the head family of the tea ceremony school.

• この流りゅう派はの総そう本ほん家けは京きょう都とにある。

  The main branch of this school is in Kyoto.