Enshu Masakazu KOBORI was the child of Masatsugu KOBORI who was chief retainer of Hidenaga HASHIBA, and from a young age he studied tea ceremony under Shigenari FURUTA.
小堀遠州政一は羽柴秀長の家老を務めた小堀正次の子で名は正一といい、若い頃から古田重然のもとで茶の湯を学んだ。