Chashitsu

Chashitsu (茶室, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony (chanoyu) gatherings.^[1]

The architectural style that developed for chashitsu is referred to as the sukiya style (sukiya-zukuri), and the term sukiya (数奇屋) may be used as a synonym for chashitsu.^[2] Related Japanese terms are chaseki (茶席), broadly meaning "place for tea", and implying any sort of space where people are seated to participate in tea ceremony,^[3] and chabana, "tea flowers", the style of flower arrangement associated with the tea ceremony.

Typical features of chashitsu are shōji windows and sliding doors made of wooden lattice covered in a translucent Japanese paper; tatami mat floors; a tokonoma alcove; and simple, subdued colours and style. The most typical floor size of a chashitsu is 4.5 tatami mats (7.4 m²; 80 sq ft).^[4]

^ A Chanoyu Vocabulary: Practical Terms for the Way of Tea, entry for "chashitsu". Tankosha Publishing Co., 2007.
^ A Chanoyu Vocabulary, entry for "sukiya".
^ Kōjien Japanese dictionary, entry for "chaseki".
^ Kōjien Japanese dictionary, entry for 'chashitsu'.

[1] A Chanoyu Vocabulary: Practical Terms for the Way of Tea, entry for "chashitsu". Tankosha Publishing Co., 2007.

[2] A Chanoyu Vocabulary, entry for "sukiya".

[3] Kōjien Japanese dictionary, entry for "chaseki".

[ReferenceA-4] Kōjien Japanese dictionary, entry for 'chashitsu'.

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