mizukumi-ishi　水汲石

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

One of the group of trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed around the wash stand, hachimae 鉢前, in a tea garden. A person stands on it to scoop water. The top of the stone is flat and low, but the base is dug quite deep into the earth. The mizukumi-ishi is placed opposite to and lower thanthe tall *shoujouseki 清浄石, facing toward the garden.

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*hachimae-no-ishigumi 鉢前の石組

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