Many of the successive heads of the Kishu-Tokugawa family took interest in the tea ceremony and Kakukakusai (the 6th head of the school) was given a tea bowl (Kuwabara-jawan) by Yoshimune TOKUGAWA who was originally the 4th domain head of the Kishu clan prior to being made the 8th Seii taishogun (literally, "great general who subdues the barbarians").
紀州徳川家の歴代藩主の中には茶の湯に興味をもつ者も少なくなく、6代覚々斎の時には紀州藩4代藩主から8代征夷大将軍となった徳川吉宗からは茶碗（桑原茶碗）を拝領した。