page_title: Urasenke
hierarchical_section_title: Urasenke
caption_attribution_description: English: The Kabuto Mon entrance to the Urasenke Konnichi-an, in Teranouchi-Agaru, Ogawa, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto City, Japan. Italiano: L'immagine è stata scattata da me a Kyoto il 15.8.02 davanti alla Kabuto mon (Portale dell'elmetto) entrata della sede storica dell'Ura Senke, il Konnichi-an, che si trova a Teranouchi-Agaru, Ogawa, Kamigyo-Ku - Kyoto City. 日本語: 裏千家今日庵の兜門
context_page_description: Urasenke is one of the schools of Japanese tea ceremony. Along with Omotesenke and Mushakōjisenke, it is one of the three lines of the Sen family descending from Sen no Rikyū, which together are known as the san-Senke or "three Sen houses/families".
  The name "Urasenke", literally meaning "rear Sen house/family," came into being as a natural occurrence, because of the location of the homestead of this line of the family in relation to what was originally the front house of the Sen estate. This applies equally to the name "Omotesenke", literally meaning "front Sen house/family." The name "Mushakōjisenke" for the other of the three lines of the family derives from the fact that the family's homestead is located along Mushakōji street.
context_section_description: Urasenke (裏千家) is one of the schools of Japanese tea ceremony. Along with Omotesenke and Mushakōjisenke, it is one of the three lines of the Sen family descending from Sen no Rikyū, which together are known as the san-Senke or "three Sen houses/families" (三千家).
  The name "Urasenke", literally meaning "rear Sen house/family," came into being as a natural occurrence, because of the location of the homestead of this line of the family in relation to what was originally the front (omote) house of the Sen estate. This applies equally to the name "Omotesenke", literally meaning "front Sen house/family." The name "Mushakōjisenke" for the other of the three lines of the family derives from the fact that the family's homestead is located along Mushakōji street.
caption: The Kabutomon gate to the historical Urasenke Konnichian estate in Kyoto
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