fukasanjou　深三畳

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Also fukasanjou-no-seki 深三畳席. A tea ceremony room of three mats. One of the mats is about one quarter normal size, daime 台目, due to the placement of the firebox *rodan 炉壇 on the inner or outer corner of the mat which is usually bordered by a plank *mukou-ita 向板 that is 45cm wide. Fukasanjou is a style of tea ceremony room traditionally attributed to Sen Rikyuu 千利休 (1522-91) who also created the two mat tea ceremony room. The fukasanjou style flourished in the Momoyama period and incorporated a number of designs chiefly revolving around the placement of the hearth. According to the *NANBOUROKU 南方録 (late 16c), a portable hearth was at first placed on a board of varying lengths (from 42-48cm). Later the hearth was cut into the floor; however, this rendered one of the three mats overly small and inconvenient for the great masters to display their treasured utensils. The fukasanjou eventually became obsolete, replaced by a variety of other small tea ceremony room designs. Examples: Saigyou'an 西行庵, Kyoto, regular mats, one small mat and inserted mukou-ita. Kihakuken 既白軒, Myoushinji Keishun-in 妙心寺桂春院 (early 18c), Kyoto.

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