Japanese Tea Houses

Catrina Chen

November 6, 2012

Chashitsu

• Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu)

artificiality, abstractness, symbolism and formalism

History

• first appeared in the Sengoku period (mid-15th century to early 17th century)– Chaos– Zen Buddhism– Built by Zen monks,

daimyo, samurai, merchants

– Simplicity & tranquility

History

• Before Edo period (ca. 1600)

• Called – chanoyu zashiki ( 茶湯座敷 ; "sitting room for

chanoyu")– sukiya (place for poetically-inclined aesthetic

pursuits 風流 such as chanoyu) – kakoi ( 囲 ; "partitioned-off space").

Basic Structure

Tatami mats

Tokonoma

(alcove)

kakejiku

Tokogamachi

Sadouguchi

Tokobashira

Tokobashira

Otoshigake (lintel)

Nijiriguchi

Nijiriguchi

Formats

Nijo

Naga-yojo

Nijo-Daime

Hira-Sanjo

Yojohan

Ichijo-Daime

Fuka-Sanjo

Old-Style Naga-yojo

Famous Tea Houses

• Kyoto

• 1618

• Urakusai

Jo-an

• Kyoto

• 1618

• Urakusai

Jo-an

• Kyoto

• 1618

• Urakusai

Jo-an

Tai-an• Sen Rikyu

• Kyoto

Tai-an• Sen Rikyu

• Kyoto

Zangetsu-tei (morning moon arbor)

• 1909

• Kyoto

Zangetsu-tei (morning moon arbor)

• 1909

• Kyoto

Ihoan Hut (cottage of lingering fragrance)

Shokin-tei

• 8 windows

Shokin-tei

Shokin-tei