He became the foremost tea master in the land after Rikyū's death, and taught this art to the shōgun Tokugawa Hidetada.

Among his other particularly famous tea ceremony students were Ueda Sōko, Kobori Enshū and Hon'ami Kōetsu.

He also designed a style of stone lantern for the roji tea garden, known as Oribe-dōrō.

After this event, Oribe and his son were ordered to commit suicide (seppuku).

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