| Takatsuka Architects Firm Co., Ltd | Japan |
- serving both as a tea-ceremony room and
a drawing room -
(11-mat space of mukou-giri)
Kita-ku,Tokyo
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| facing the alcove |
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With the minimum openings, I always try to leave the spacious pretty walls. Actually, they are like blank parts of an India-ink landscape to me. |
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| looking over temae-za from sadou-guchi | ||
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| sho-in |
- Words & Phrases (Alphabetical Order) -
| mukou-giri | a way of making a fireplace where a teakettle is to be set in the tea ceremony room; the fireplace is to be located on the mat where the host will be seated and also to be closer to the next mat where guests are to be seated |
| sadou-guchi | a small gate for a host to prepare and do a tea ceremony |
| shoin | a Japanese style room for study or meeting guests formally |
| temae-za | the place where a host does a tea ceremony, which is smaller than 1-mat width |
Construction:Hayashi Engineering Co.,Ltd./Photogrash:Shogo Sato
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