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EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026

Sen no Rikyu: Japan’s Greatest Tea Master

from Daidokoro - the Japanese kitchen · host pat tokuyama

He served Japan’s most powerful warlords and redefined beauty itself — then was ordered to die for it. Sen no Rikyu (千利休, 1522–1591) didn’t just master tea; he turned a simple bowl of matcha into Japan’s most enduring philosophy, and his ideas about simplicity and imperfection still shape everything from Kyoto tea houses to contemporary...

He served Japan’s most powerful warlords and redefined beauty itself — then was ordered to die for it. Sen no Rikyu (千利休, 1522–1591) didn’t just master tea; he turned a simple bowl of matcha into Japan’s most enduring philosophy, and his ideas about simplicity and imperfection still shape everything from Kyoto tea houses to contemporary...

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He served Japan’s most powerful warlords and redefined beauty itself — then was ordered to die for it. Sen no Rikyu (千利休, 1522–1591) didn’t just master tea; he turned a simple bowl of matcha into Japan’s most enduring philosophy, and his ideas about...

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