After Higashiyama culture proponents such as wabi-cha tea ceremony creator Juko MURATA began consulting with Ikkyu, Daitoku-ji Temple came to be closely linked with the world of the tea ceremony and tea ceremony masters such as Joo TAKENO and Rikyu SEN.
侘び茶を創始した村田珠光などの東山文化を担う人びとが一休に参禅して以来、大徳寺は茶道の世界とも縁が深く、武野紹鴎、千利休をはじめ多くの茶人が大徳寺と関係をもっている。