〇 [Tea utensils/tea ceremony tools, short strips of paintings, Rikyu's memorial service] Handwritten Rikyu's last words, Life at Seventy (Rikigoi Kibanashi), by Shonao Hashimoto (by Shonao Yagyu), a painting of a seated Rikyu

●Father's poem...I have lived seventy years, and now I throw into the heavens the sword I have acquired, the sword that will kill both the Buddha and the ancestors.
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Rikyu-ki is currently held at Daitokuji Temple on March 27th and 28th.
At the Omotesenke school, a memorial service for Rikyu is held one month later, on March 27th of the new calendar.
Every year on March 28th, the head of the Urasenke school holds its largest tea ceremony, the Rikyu Memorial Service, at the Tonarisai teahouse, with the participation of tea enthusiasts from all over the country.

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●Handwritten
Size: Wide (approx. 36.3cm x 7.5cm)
Author: Hashimoto Shonao (Yagyu Shonao)
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Houtoku Zenji Temple
Graduated from Hanazono University in 1962
In 1962, he studied under Master Oda Setsunō (the 489th abbot of Daitokuji) at the Daitokuji Special Training Hall.
Received the titles "Kendo" and "Shosho" from the former head priest of Sanzen-in Temple, Seido Fujii Roshi.
1965: Return to Yagyu Houtokuji Temple
In 1972, he became the chief priest of Houtokuji Temple.
In 1996, it was designated as a Nara City Cultural Property.
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[Hotoku Zenji Temple]
Mount Jingo, Nara Prefecture
It was founded in 1630 by Yagyu Munenori as a memorial for his late father, Sekishuusai Sogen, and was founded by the monk Takuan, who was a friend of Munenori.
Later, it also became the funeral home of successive generations of the Yagyu clan.
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Box: Tato paper