Sen Sōshitsu XV

was the 15th in a series of Japanese tea masters of the Urasenke family.

Lineage
Sen Sōshitsu was the name of the head (iemoto) of the Urasenke school of the Japanese tea ceremony.

The first person in this line of the Sen family to use the name Sōshitsu was the youngest son of Sen Sōtan. He was a great-grandson of Sen Rikyū.

Death
Sen Genshitsu died from respiratory failure at a hospital in Kyoto on 14 August 2025, at the age of 102.

References

Other websites
  Urasenke official home page

Category:1923 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:Japanese writers
Category:Japanese centenarians
Category:Deaths from respiratory failure