Ask This of Rikyu (2013)

Also Known As: 利休にたずねよ 尋訪千利休 一代茶聖千利休 寻访千利休 りきゅうにたずねよ Rikyu ni Tazuneyo

Director: Tanaka Mitsutoshi [田中光敏]

Country: Japanese

Genres: Drama, Historical, Medical, Novel

Status: Completed

Date aired: 2013

Summary:

Sen no Rikyu is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most powerful man in Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi and becomes one of his closest advisors. Due to conflicts, Toyotomi Hideyoshi then orders Sen no Rikyu to commit seppuku (suicide).

Adapted from the novel "Rikyu ni Tazuneyo" by Kenichi Yamamoto.