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hatsu-no-ishi 初の石 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / gardens | ||||||
Lit. first stone. The stone nearest the crawl-in
entrance *nijiriguchi
躙口 of a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. Used for taking off one's shoes. Also called *fumi-ishi
踏石, *fuminugi-ishi
踏脱石, hatsu-ishi 初石, ichiban-ishi 一番石, ichi-no-ishi 一の石, kuguri-shi
潜り石 and nijiriguchi-no-ishi 躙口の石. The hatsu-no-ishi is normally
about 15 -19cm away from the tearoom entrance, and the top of the stone is about
27 - 37cm lower than the *tatami
畳 flooring in the tearoom. The hatsu-no-ishi at the Fushin'an 不審庵 (Kyoto,
Momoyama period, rebuilt 1913) is approximately 10cm above ground, while that
at the Taian 待庵 (1582, Kyoto) is 15cm high. |
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*yaku-ishi 役石 | ||||||
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