Dr. Genshitsu Sen

Through his spirit of internationalism, Dr. Genshitsu Sen had helped spread the culture of tea and its principle of harmony and peace to all parts of the world.  The Fifteenth-Generation Grand Master of the Urasenke Tradition of Tea, Dr. Sen traces his lineage back to Sen no Rikyû, one of the great cultural figures of the sixteenth century.  Dr. Sen’s activities over many decades are responsible for expanding awareness of Japan and its rich esthetic and philosophical heritage on every continent. New York  City’s cultural landscape is forever enriched by Dr. Sen’s presence, whether in the form of the beautiful Uransenke Chanoyu Center on East 69th Street, which engages in various public-outreach and educational  activities, or in the Sen Lecture Series at Columbia, which celebrates its eighteenth  anniversary in 2006.