koshibari　腰貼
KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses
　
Also written 腰張, 腰紙貼. The pasting of paper on the lower part of the clay wall in a tea ceremony room, one piece of which is always pasted near the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳. The height of the paper varies from 24-60cm, but is usually higher behind the guest's mat *kyakudatami 客畳, and is pasted in two layers. In the past, only Japanese handmade paper was used, but its quality varied. Besides new or white paper, brown, dark blue or gray paper was employed, Saiou-in Yodomi-no-seki 西翁院淀看席, Kyoto. Old used paper, old calendars, Jo'an 如庵, Aichi prefecture, and even old letters, for example at Souketsu'an 草結庵, Aichi prefecture, sometimes serve the same purpose.
　
Old Imai 今井 house / Mino Shiryoukan 美濃史料館 (Gifu)
Old Imai 今井 house / Mino Shiryoukan 美濃史料館 (Gifu)

　
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*koshibari-ita 腰張板　
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