douko　洞庫

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Also written 洞戸, 道幸, or 道古, 堂庫、or 道籠. A storage space for utensils used for the tea ceremony. The earliest type was probably a portable, free-standing, box-like object placed on the floor. Later it was hung on the wall, and finally, it became a built-in cupboard. This type of cupboard was particularly convenient for an elderly tea master's simple tea ceremony because he could handle the implements while seated. A douko is usually made by cutting out the wall on the kitchen side of the host's mat. The size of a douko varies, from 50cm-90cm wide, 45cm-60cm high, with a depth of 30cm-45cm. Generally, a small opaque sliding door of the unframed type *taikobariusuma 太鼓張襖, is provided on the side of tea ceremony room. The bottom of the douko has a slatted floor, sunokonagashi 簀子流し, and includes a shelf. A man named, doukou 道幸 first made a cupboard for the storage of tea ceremony implements. Doukou's cupboard is 72cm high 66cm wide with cedar doors set on double tracks. It also has one board shelf and a nail to hang a ladle for water. METSUGO 滅後 in *NANBOUROKU 南方録, is a volume that contains exceedingly detailed writing on this subject.

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*mizuya douko 水屋洞庫

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