Soen ENJOBO, being originally a priest of Honno-ji Temple, was secularized to become a son-in-law of Rikyu; he is said to have been only a person who was given gokushindaisu (a self putting tools of boiling tea for a tea ceremony) and bonten-ho (a style of temae, tea serving method of the tea ceremony) from Rikyu.
円乗坊宗円（圓乗坊宗圓）は元は本能寺の僧であったが還俗して利休の婿となり、利休から極真台子および盆点法を伝えられた唯一の人であると伝えられている。