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...
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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 simplicity and imperfection still shape everything from Kyoto tea houses to contemporary...
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