| Along with Japan's high economic growth, the number of people who learned tea ceremony increased at an explosive rate but Ura-senke promoting popularization captured vast majority of the market share of the tea ceremony followers and Omote-senke consequently found themselves playing second fiddle to Ura-senke. |
日本の高度経済成長とともに茶道人口も爆発的に増加したが、真っ先に大衆化路線を推し進めた裏千家が増加した茶道人口の大部分を占め、表千家はその後塵を拝する形となった。 |