Also
ichijuu tsuridana 一重釣棚. A single shelf suspended by a slender bamboo pole.
It is made of paulownia when it is hung in the tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 or cedar when
hung in the kitchen *mizuya
水屋. According to the *CHADOU
SENTEI 茶道筌諦(1848), it was devised by Sen Rikyuu 千利休 (1522-91) and became
the basis of all the hanging shelves used in the tea ceremony room. It is believed
that the size of this shelf was determined by a system of measurement called kanewari
曲割 and based on the size of the portable display shelves *daisu
台子. The standard size was 31cm long x 26cm wide. Besides the bamboo pole, small
wooden clamps of mulberry were added to attach it to the wall. The RIKYUU CHADOUGUZUE
利休茶道具図会 (1701), states that the height of the shelf from the mat to underneath
the board was about 82cm. The depth was about 26cm, the width about 32cm, the
thickness of the board 1.2cm and the clamps 1.4cm. The bamboo pole was placed
at the front corner. Ichijuudana was generally used in small simple, rustic
style rooms, principally the two mat, nijou 二畳, size.
When a single
hanging shelf is used in a small kitchen, mizuya, it is extended to 35-36cm
long. If the tea ceremony room is arranged with the firebox placed inside the
host's mat *temaedatami
点前畳, the shelf is constructed along the right inner edge of the furnace *mukogiri
向切. If a middle post *nakabashira
中柱, is included in the room, the shelf is hung toward the guest's mat *kyakudatami
客畳. Lacking the middle post the shelf may be hung in the kitchen. When the shelf is hung in the tea ceremony room, its position must be within
easy reach of the host because it is used for arranging the tea utensils. Examples:
Myoukian Taian 妙喜庵待庵, Saiouin,
Yodomi-no-seki 西翁院淀看の席 both in Kyoto; Kanden'an 菅田庵 in Shimane prefecture.. |
