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hakamazuri-ishi 袴ずり石 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / tea houses | ||||||
Lit. hakama 袴 brushing stone. A name for
the front stone in a stone grouping arranged around a low basin *tsukubai
蹲踞 in tea gardens *roji 露地,
of the rustic style, *souan
草庵 . Also called the tsukubai-ishi 蹲踞石, kagami-ishi 蹲石 and *mae-ishi
前石, this stone is placed directly in front of the water basin. The name hakamazuri-ishi derives from the fact that tsukubai basins are very low、so
when crouching to scoop water the user's divided skirts, hakama, would
brush against the stone. . |
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