The ceremony began with the tea master, Yoshikazu FURUICHI, who served Tadazane OGASAWARA, the Lord of Kokura Domain, Buzen Province, Kyushu (present-day Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture), and who was the 4th head following Choin FURUICHI, who had been an apprentice of the Muromachi-period tea master, Juko MURATA.
室町時代の茶人村田珠光の弟子古市澄胤の4代後の古市了和が九州豊前国小倉藩（福岡県北九州市）主小笠原忠真に仕えて始まった。