Through his father's hard work and connections, he landed a position as magistrate in charge of chadō matters for the head of the wealthy Kaga domain.
[2] At first he served under Lord Maeda Toshitsune, and after Toshitsune's death, Lord Maeda Tsunatoshi, who was a great patron of the arts and provided Sensō with comfortable quarters in the town of Kanazawa.
Sensō finally retired from his position with Tsunatoshi and returned to Kyoto when he was sixty-six years old, though he continued to make visits to Kanazawa on occasion, and that is where he died on the 23rd day of the 1st month of 1697, at the age of seventy-five.
[3] Sensō Sōshitsu is particularly remembered for his role in taking the potter Chōzaemon, who worked at the Raku family's workshop in Kyoto, to Kanazawa, and helping him to establish a kiln in the Ōhi section of town.
In these ways, Sensō Sōshitsu made major contributions to the art of chanoyu[3] as well as the culture of Kanazawa.