As the art of tea ceremony became increasingly popularized, they could successfully disseminate Senke's tea ceremony by instituting new methods for practicing it, called shichijishiki (seven types of methods to practice the tea ceremony.)
彼らは茶の湯が大衆化していく中で、新たな稽古の方法として七事式を制定するなどして千家の茶道を広めることに成功した。