Today, the three Senke schools are widely referred to as the representatives of tea ceremony, the main reasons are not only the fame of their originator, Sen no Rikyu, but also the fact that Sansenke's methods were commonly accepted among the rich class town people every where in Japan during that time.
今日、三千家が茶道の代表格として語られるのは、流祖である千利休の高名だけでなく、この時期に広く各地の町人富裕層に普及したことも大きな要因となっている。