The fifth head, Soken NAKATA, was an adopted son who came from the Tsuji clan of Katata, Omi Province, and as he had many Monjin he dominated the tea ceremony community of Kyoto at the end of the Edo period.
5代中田疎軒は近江国堅田の辻氏から養子になった人で、多くの門人があり幕末の京都茶道界で一世を風靡した。