In 1655, on a recommendation by SEN no Sotan, he began to serve Tadatomo OGASAWARA, who was a lord of the Yoshida Domain in Mikawa Province (the present Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture), and received a formal stipend of 100 koku (a real stipend of 30 koku, a ration enough for five persons) to carry out the art of tea ceremony. |
明暦元年(1655年)、千宗旦の推挙で三河国吉田藩(愛知県豊橋市)主小笠原忠知に茶道をもって30石5人扶持(100石格)で仕えるようになった。 |