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Nijiriguchi entrance of a tea house. The ideal free-standing tea house is surrounded by a small garden having a path leading to the tea room. This garden is called roji (露地, "dewy ground") and is divided into two parts by a gate called chumon. [6] Along the path is a waiting bench for guests and a privy.
Zui-Ki-Tei (瑞暉 亭, "The House of the Promising Light/Home of the Auspicious Light") is a free standing Japanese tea ceremony house (from now on, chashitsu) that can be found in the park outside of the Museum of Ethnography (Etnografiska museet) in Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in Japan before being shipped to Sweden and erected in the ...
Floor plan of the Sarumen chaseki and the adjacent Bōgaku part. The tea house was originally constructed with materials from Kiyosu Castle based on the design by Lord Furuta Oribe (1544–1615). [1] The pillar on the right side of the tokonoma, called toko-bashira (床柱), is made of wood, specially prepared for the purpose.
Tai-an (待庵) is a Momoyama period chashitsu (Japanese tea house) located at Myōki-an temple in Yamazaki, Kyoto. Tai-an was designed by the great tea master Sen no Rikyū in 1582. Sen no Rikyū was named the tea master of Toyotomi Hideyoshi that same year, following Oda Nobunaga 's death, [ 1 ] and as Hideyoshi was battling around the area ...
Roji leading to the Seigetsu chashitsu at Ise Jingū; typical features include the stepping stones, moss, bamboo gate, and division into outer and inner gardens. Roji (露地), lit. 'dewy ground', is the Japanese term used for the garden through which one passes to the chashitsu for the tea ceremony.
Jo-an tea house dating to the 17th century, a National Treasure of Japan. Jo-an (如庵) is a seventeenth-century Japanese teahouse located in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. Jo-an is said to be one of the three finest teahouses in Japan and has been in its current location in Inuyama since 1972. It was designated a National Treasure in 1951.
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Japanese Tea Ceremony Serving Tea Kobori Enshu School of Tea Ceremony. Today, there are Kobori Enshu branches all over Japan, from Iwate Prefecture [7] in the north, to Fukuoka [8] in the south. In addition to regular lessons and tea ceremonies, tea masters associated with the School hold workshops throughout the country to improve their practice.