was a Japanese aristocrat, garden designer, painter, poet, and tea master during the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
His personal name was Masakazu (æ¿ä¸Â). In 1604, he received as inheritance a 12,000-koku fief in à Âmi Province at Komuro, present Nagahama, Shiga.
He excelled in the arts of painting, poetry, Ikebana flower arrangement, and Japanese garden design. His accomplishments include garden designs for the Sentà  Imperial Palace and Katsura Imperial Villa (Kyoto), Kà Âdai-ji, Sunpu Castle, the Nagoya Castle keep, Bitchà « Matsuyama Castle, and the central enceintes of Fushimi Castle, Nijà Â-jà  (Kyoto), and Osaka Castle.
He was though known best as a master of the tea ceremony. His style soon on became known as "Enshà «-ryà «". In light of his ability, he was tasked with teaching the 3rd Tokugawa shà Âgun, Tokugawa Iemitsu the ways of tea ceremony. In this role, he designed many tea houses including the Bà Âsen-seki in the subtemple of Kohà Â-an at the Daitoku-ji, and the Mittan-seki at the Ryà «kà Â-in of the same temple as well as the Hassà Â-an.