上林道庵家が慶長年間（16０0年代）から400年に渡り宇治の地で営んできた、徳川将軍家御用達、上林三鱗園ブランドの使用権、並びに伝統の宇治茶をご提供致します。
上林三鱗園の歴史：
上林三鱗園は、上林道庵家が経営してきたお茶問屋の名前です。
上林道庵家は、北村道悦と上林久重の長女、久茂の姉妙休との結婚により、1570年頃に宇治で創設されたと伝えられています。上林家は、第56代清和天皇の子孫である清和源氏頼秀の末裔で、源秀家（上林六郎）を祖とし、上林郷（現在の京都府綾部市）を拠点に足利将軍家に仕えていました。1570年代初めに織田信長の家臣、明智光秀によって攻められ、上林郷から宇治へ移住しました。1577年、久重の四男久茂は信長から知行を授かり、宇治郷代官となり、信長への茶の献上を命じられたことが、お茶師としての上林家の台頭の始まりでした。
道庵家が茶師となったのは三代目からで、元禄6年（1693年）からは、御袋御茶師として上林春松家（上林道庵家の初代、妙休は上林春松の姉）、上林三入家など他の上林家と共に徳川将軍家へのお茶を献上し、主に小田原藩主大久保家、亀山藩主松平家、京都西本願寺などの御茶御用を務めていました。明治維新により、幕府や藩の庇護を受けていた茶師の伝統が廃れ、多くが廃業や転業を余儀なくされましたが、道庵家は茶商として存続し、15代楢道翁は大正時代に宇治町長を務め、地域のリーダーとして活躍しました。
現在、上林三鱗園の登録商標権は、上林楢道翁の曾孫である上林浩樹が保有しています。
The History of Kaｍbayashi Sanrinen
Kanbayashi Sanrinen is the name of the tea wholesaler operated by the Kanbayashi Dōan family.
The Kaｍbayashi Dōan household is said to have been established in Uji around 1570, when Kitamura Dōetsu married Myōkyū, the elder sister of Kanbayashi Hisashige’s daughter and the sister of Hisamochi. The Kanbayashi family traces its lineage to the Seiwa Genji, descendants of Emperor Seiwa, and regards Minamoto no Hideie (Kanbayashi Rokurō) as its ancestor. They originally served the Ashikaga shogunate from their base in Kanbayashi‑gō (present‑day Ayabe City, Kyoto Prefecture). In the early 1570s, however, they were driven from their homeland by Akechi Mitsuhide, a retainer of Oda Nobunaga, and relocated to Uji. In 1577, Hisashige’s fourth son, Hisamochi, received land rights from Nobunaga, was appointed magistrate of Uji‑gō, and was ordered to present tea to Nobunaga—an event that marked the rise of the Kanbayashi family as tea masters.
The Dōan family began serving formally as tea masters from the third generation onward. From 1693 (Genroku 6), they, together with other branches of the Kanbayashi family—such as the Kanbayashi Shunshō family (whose founder was the younger brother of Myōkyū) and the Kanbayashi Sannyū family—served as Ofukuro‑ocha‑shi, preparing tea for the Tokugawa shoguns. They also supplied tea to the Okubo family of Odawara Domain, the Matsudaira family of Kameyama Domain, and Nishi Hongan‑ji Temple in Kyoto.
After the Meiji Restoration, the traditional system in which tea masters were supported by the shogunate and feudal domains came to an end. Many tea masters were forced to close or change their trade, but the Dōan family survived as tea merchants. The fifteenth head of the family, Naramichi, served as the mayor of Uji during the Taishō period and contributed greatly to the local community.
Today, the trademark rights to “Kanbayashi Sanrinen” are held by Kaｍbayashi Hiroki, the great‑grandson of Naramichi.