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Iemoto



Iemoto (家元) is a Japanese term meaning "founder" or "grand master." It is used to describe both people and a system of familial generations in traditional Japanese arts such as tea ceremony, ikebana, noh, calligraphy, traditional Japanese dance, martial arts, shogi and Go. The iemoto system is characterized by a hierarchical structure and the supreme authority of the iemoto.



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