However, during the time of the sixth tea master Suren Sojun (素蓮宗順), the house in Hamacho burned to the ground as a result of the Great Kanto Earthquake, and the position of tea master was temporarily discontinued.
しかし6代素蓮宗順のとき関東大震災によって浜町の住居を焼失してしまい、家元としては一時断絶という形になる。