Japan’s grand tea master Sen Genshitsu dies at 102: reports

This file photo taken on August 31, 2007 shows then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) sharing a light moment with Sen Genshitsu (L), head of the Urasenke school during her visit in Kyoto. Sen Genshitsu, the 15th generation headmaster in Japan’s “Urasenke” tea tradition, has died at age 102, local reports said on August 14, 2025. (Photo by TORU YAMANAKA / POOL / AFP)