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style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">家元</span></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">family foundation</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>)</span> is a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese term</a> used to refer to the founder or current Grand Master of a certain school of traditional <a href="/wiki/Japanese_art" title="Japanese art">Japanese art</a>. It is used synonymously with the term <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dke" title="Sōke">sōke</a></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">宗家</span></span>)</span> when it refers to the family or house that the iemoto is head of and represents. </p><p>The word <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> is also used to describe a system of familial generations in traditional Japanese arts such as <a href="/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony" title="Japanese tea ceremony">tea ceremony</a> (including <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Sencha_tea_ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="Sencha tea ceremony">sencha</a></i></span>), <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Ikebana" title="Ikebana">ikebana</a></i></span>, <a href="/wiki/Noh" title="Noh">Noh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calligraphy" title="Calligraphy">calligraphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Japanese_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional Japanese dance">traditional Japanese dance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Japanese_music" title="Traditional Japanese music">traditional Japanese music</a>, the Japanese art of incense appreciation (<span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_incense#Kōdō" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese incense">kōdō</a></i></span>), and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_martial_arts" title="Japanese martial arts">Japanese martial arts</a>. <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Shogi" title="Shogi">Shogi</a></i></span> and <a href="/wiki/Go_(board_game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Go (board game)">Go</a> once used the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> system as well. The <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> system is characterized by a hierarchical structure and the supreme authority of the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span>, who has inherited the secret traditions of the school from the previous <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titles">Titles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Titles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> may be addressed by the title <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Iemoto</i></span> or <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">O-Iemoto</i></span>, or by the title <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sōshō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">宗匠</span></span>)</span> or <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ō-sensei</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大先生</span></span>)</span>. In <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> is often translated as "Grand Master". The <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span>'s main roles are to lead the school and protect its traditions, to be the final authority on matters concerning the school, to issue or approve licenses and certificates and, in some cases, to instruct the most advanced practitioners. </p><p>The title of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> in most cases is hereditary. It is commonly transmitted by direct line, or by adoption. Once the "successor-to-be" is officially recognized, that successor-to-be may appropriate the title of <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Wakasōshō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">若宗匠</span></span>, "Young Master")</span>. By tradition, the title of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> is also passed down along with a hereditary name. In the <a href="/wiki/Urasenke" title="Urasenke">Urasenke</a> tradition of tea ceremony, for example, the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> carries the name "Sōshitsu". There can only be one <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> at the head of one school at a time, which sometimes leads to the creation of new "houses" or "lines" by those wishing to be <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> themselves. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Officially recognized teachers of the traditional arts that hold the position of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> obtain a license to teach from the former <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span>, signifying the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span>'s trust that the so-licensed person is capable and qualified to faithfully pass on the school's teachings. Students must also acquire licenses or certificates at various stages in their study. Depending on the school, such certificates either give the student permission to study at a particular level or affirm that the student has achieved a given level of mastery. Recipients must pay for these certificates which, at the highest level, may cost several million <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">yen</a>. It is also the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> who authorises, selects and bestows ceremonial names for advanced practitioners. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As far back as the <a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a> (794–1185), there were <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span>-like family lines that were responsible for passing down the secret traditions and orthodox teachings of their particular school of art, but the first appearance of the word <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> in extant records dates to the end of the 17th century, where it is used in reference to families entitled to have their sons become priests at great temples. Its use in the sense that it is used today, in the realm of traditional Japanese arts, starts to appear in documents in the middle of the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The system of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> is a manifestation of the <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">ie</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">家</span></span>)</span> or "household" and <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">dōzoku</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">同族</span></span>)</span> or "extended kin" pattern of relationships in Japanese society.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concept of the "<span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> system"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">家元制度</span></span>)</span> was developed further by the historian Matsunosuke Nishiyama in the post-war period to describe the social structures associated with exclusive family control and networks of instructors, a characteristic of the feudal era whose influence on traditional arts is still felt today. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_families_and_schools">Famous families and schools</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Famous families and schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Go">Go</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Go"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Four_Go_houses" title="Four Go houses">Four Go houses</a></div> <p>There were originally four main schools of <a href="/wiki/Go_(game)" title="Go (game)">Go</a> players: Hon'inbō, Hayashi, Inoue and Yasui, alongside three minor schools: Sakaguchi, Hattori and Mizutani. </p><p>Early in the 17th century, the then best player in Japan, <a href="/wiki/Hon%27inb%C5%8D_Sansa" title="Hon'inbō Sansa">Hon'inbō Sansa</a>, was made head of a newly founded Go academy (the <a href="/wiki/Hon%27inb%C5%8D_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Hon'inbō school">Hon'inbō school</a><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">本因坊</span></span>)</span>, which developed the level of playing greatly, and introduced the martial arts style system of ranking players. The government discontinued its support for the Go academies in 1868 as a result of the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a>. </p><p>In honour of the Hon'inbō school, whose players consistently dominated the other schools during their history, one of the most prestigious Japanese Go championships is called the "Honinbo" tournament. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ikebana"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ikebana</i></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ikebana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The three main schools of Japanese flower arrangement, or <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Ikebana" title="Ikebana">ikebana</a></i></span>, are <a href="/wiki/Ikenob%C5%8D" title="Ikenobō">Ikenobō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohara-ry%C5%AB" title="Ohara-ryū">Ohara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dgetsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sōgetsu">Sōgetsu</a>. </p><p>According to the organization <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ikebana</i></span> Network,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there currently are 138 registered schools of small and large size (as of August 2008<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Traditional_Japanese_dance">Traditional Japanese dance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Traditional Japanese dance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are about 200 schools of traditional Japanese dance. The five most famous are the Hanayagi-ryū, Fujima-ryū, Wakayagi-ryū, Nishikawa-ryū, and Bandō-ryū. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incense_appreciation">Incense appreciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Incense appreciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two main schools of Incense appreciation<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">香道</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">kōdō</i></span>)</span> are the Shino-ryū and the Nijō-ryū. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tea">Tea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Schools_of_Japanese_tea_ceremony" class="mw-redirect" title="Schools of Japanese tea ceremony">Schools of Japanese tea ceremony</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism_and_opposition">Criticism and opposition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Criticism and opposition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> system has been described as rigid, expensive, nepotistic, authoritarian and undemocratic. Some groups have chosen to reject the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> system. In the realm of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony" title="Japanese tea ceremony">Japanese tea ceremony</a>, Sensho Tanaka created the <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Dai Nihon Chadō Gakkai</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大日本茶道学会</span></span>)</span> in 1898 to systematize teaching <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">chadō</i></span> in a more democratic way outside the rigidity of the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> system.<sup id="cite_ref-Dai_Nihon_Chado_Gakkai_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dai_Nihon_Chado_Gakkai-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hiroaki Kikuoka, a <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Shamisen" title="Shamisen">shamisen</a></i></span> player, created a presidential system for his group.<sup id="cite_ref-Metropolis_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metropolis-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Koto_(instrument)" title="Koto (instrument)">Koto</a></i></span> player <a href="/wiki/Michiyo_Yagi" title="Michiyo Yagi">Michiyo Yagi</a> has rejected both the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span> system and the traditional style of her instrument, choosing to strike <a href="/wiki/Chord_(music)" title="Chord (music)">chords</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Weekend_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weekend-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/D%C5%8Dshu" class="mw-redirect" title="Dōshu">Dōshu</a></i></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iemoto&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130826201044/http://www.ohararyu.or.jp/english/index_e.html">Ohara <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">ikebana</i></span> school official site</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> copy)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100201175455/http://www.sogetsu.or.jp/english/index.html">Sōgetsu <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">ikebana</i></span> school official site</a> (Wayback Machine copy)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wakayagiryu-souke.jp">Wakayagi-ryū Japanese classical dance <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">iemoto</i></span>'s official site</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Monkey_jump" title="List of Go terms">Monkey jump</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Moyo" title="List of Go terms"><i>Moyo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Myoushu" title="List of Go terms"><i>Myoushu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Nakade" title="List of Go terms"><i>Nakade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Nerai" title="List of Go terms"><i>Nerai</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Myoushu" title="List of Go terms"><i>Myoushu</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Peep" title="List of Go terms">Peep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Pincer" title="List of Go terms">Pincer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Probe" title="List of Go terms">Probe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Sabaki" title="List of Go terms"><i>Sabaki</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_terms#Seki" title="List of Go terms"><i>Seki</i></a></li> <li><a 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style="width:1%">Competition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Go_professional" title="Go professional">Go professional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go_ranks_and_ratings" title="Go ranks and ratings">Ranks and ratings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_(rank)" title="Dan (rank)">Dan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%AB" title="Kyū"><i>Kyū</i></a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honorary_Go_titles" title="Honorary Go titles">Honorary titles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubango" title="Jubango"><i>Jubango</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_top_title_holders_in_Go" title="List of top title holders in Go">Title holders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_Go_tournaments" title="List of professional Go tournaments">Tournaments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_games" title="List of Go games">Games and matches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AlphaGo_versus_Fan_Hui" title="AlphaGo versus Fan Hui">AlphaGo vs. Fan Hui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AlphaGo_versus_Ke_Jie" title="AlphaGo versus Ke Jie">AlphaGo vs. Ke Jie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AlphaGo_versus_Lee_Sedol" title="AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol">AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_games#Atomic_bomb_game" title="List of Go games">Atomic bomb game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blood-vomiting_game" title="Blood-vomiting game">Blood-vomiting game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ear-reddening_game" title="Ear-reddening game">Ear-reddening game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Go_games#The_Game_of_the_Century" title="List of Go games">The Game of the Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_jubango" title="Kamakura jubango">Kamakura jubango</a></li> <li><a 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