gezadoko-no-seki　下座床の席

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

A tearoom with a decorative alcove *tokonoma 床の間 placed behind the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳. The alcove in this position is called *gezadoko 下座床. The front of the alcove is in line with the host's entrance *sadouguchi 茶道口, and the alcove faces the crawl-in entrance *nijiriguchi 躙口. The opposite arrangement, called jouzadoko-no-seki 上座床の席, has the tokonoma on the same side as the stove *ro 炉, in line with the rear edge of the stove.

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