Later in the tide of "civilization and enlightenment" during the Meiji and Taisho eras, as western culture became more popular, sencha-do which derived from Chinese culture was obliged to fall off temporarily.
その後明治・大正期の文明開化の流れの中で西洋文化がもてはやされたことから、中国文化に由来する煎茶道は一時衰退を余儀なくされる。