# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hanso-soshitsu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:41:56.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hanso-soshitsu"
name: "Hansō Sōshitsu"
slug: "hanso-soshitsu"
description: "Sen Sōshitsu XV  was the 15th-generation Grand Master (iemoto) of Urasenke, which is one of the most widely known schools of Japanese tea, and served in official capacity from 1964 to 2002. In 1949, he received the Zen title Hōunsai (鵬雲斎). Following his retirement, he adopted the name Sen Genshitsu (玄室), with the honorary title Daisōshō, in order to distinguish him from his son and successor, Sen Sōshitsu XVI. For over seven decades, Sen Genshitsu traveled across the world in order to promote the ethos of \"Peacefulness through a Bowl of Tea\"."
tagline: "Tea master from Japan (1923–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2007_06_19_Sen_Genshitsu_(%E7%8E%84%E5%AE%A4)_during_a_meeting_with_Maria_Kaczynska.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1923-04-19"
deathDate: "2025-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.852498666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%C5%8D_S%C5%8Dshitsu"
    title: "Hansō Sōshitsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sen_S%C5%8Dshitsu_XV."
    title: "Sen Sōshitsu XV."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sen_S%C5%8Dshitsu_XV"
    title: "Sen Sōshitsu XV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sen_S%C5%8Dshitsu_XV"
    title: "Sen Sōshitsu XV"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E7%8E%84%E5%AE%A4"
    title: "千玄室"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%C5%8D_S%C5%8Dshitsu"
    title: "Hansō Sōshitsu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3246571"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump