Kyoto, 1582, Sen no Rikyu (a historical figure who has the most prominent influence on the Japanese tea ceremony) ordered his pupil to clean his tea house and the boy worked hard all day to clean every inch of the house and garden. When Rikyu came back, he was not pleased with the scene. Instead, he shook a maple tree to let some leaves fall over the cleaned garden. The sprinkling of leaves that fell brought Wabi-Sabi to the scene.