nanatsu-ishi　七つ石

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Seven trump stones in the *roji 露地 or tea garden. They are the hand-washing stone *chouzu-ishi 手水石, front stone *mae-ishi 前石, *koguchidai-ishi 小口台石, step stone fumidan-ishi 踏段石, sword rack stone *katanakake-ishi 刀掛石, waiting stone *machi-ishi 待石, and the discarded stone *sute-ishi 捨石.

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*yaku-ishi 役石

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