Kobori Masakazu

Biography:

Kobori Masakazu (1579 –1647), better known as Kobori Enshū , was a notable Japanese artist and aristocrat in the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Kobori excelled in the arts of painting, poetry, flower arrangement, and garden design. His accomplishments include garden designs for the Sento Imperial Palace and Katsura Imperial Villa (Kyoto), Kōdai-ji, Sunpu Castle, the Nagoya Castle keep, Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, and the central enceintes of Fushimi Castle, Nijō-jō (Kyoto), and Osaka Castle.
Kobori though was known best as a master of the tea ceremony. He designed many tea houses .

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