Houn NARUSE (成瀬峯雲) who was a highly ranked disciple of Shingoro SUGAWARA (菅原新五郎), a merchant patronized by Satake family of Kubota Domain, started the class of chato (an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased) at Rinsen-ji Temple in Tokyo, and the wife of the chief priest of the Rinsen-ji Temple, Shingetsu FUKUI (福井心月), succeeded Houn NARUSE to establish and serve as the first head of the Rinsen group.
久保田藩佐竹家の御用商人菅原新五郎から、その高弟成瀬峯雲が東京で茶湯の教場を開いたのが林泉寺であり、その林泉寺の住職夫人が成瀬峯雲の後をついで林泉派を創てたのが初代家元の福井心月である。