After Rikyu's death by ritual suicide, Oribe FURUTA was appointed master of the tea ceremony for the second Tokugawa shogun, Hidetada TOKUGAWA, and instructed various daimyo (feudal lords), including Masakazu KOBORI.
利休切腹の後に、徳川2代将軍徳川秀忠の茶湯の師範を勤め、小堀政一をはじめとする諸大名にも茶の湯を伝授した。