 Sen no Dōan

Sen no Dōan was born in Imaichi, in the city of Sakai in present Osaka Prefecture, the original home of Sen no Rikyū and family.Shōan, who not only was his step-brother (the son of Rikyū's second wife) but was also his brother-in-law (husband of his sister, Okame) and was the same age as himself, established a house in Kyoto, and with this there arose the "Sakai Sen House" (Sakai-Senke) and the Kyoto Sen House (Kyō-Senke).