Sen no Sōtan
Sen no Sōtan (千宗旦) (1578–1658), also known as Genpaku Sōtan (元伯宗旦), was a Japanese tea ceremony master, and grandson of the famous Sen no Rikyū. He is remembered as Rikyū's third-generation successor in Kyoto through whose efforts and by whose very being, as the blood-descendant of Rikyū, the ideals and style of Japanese tea ceremony proposed by Rikyū were able to be passed forward by the family.