rodatami　炉畳

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Also kagidatami 鍵畳. The straw mat *tatami 畳, into which the sunken firebox or hearth *ro 炉, is placed. In a 4 1/2-mat room, the rodatami is the 1/2-size mat in the room's center. In a large room *hiroma 広間, a 3 or 4 mat room for instance, the firebox is cut into one of the guests' mats. If the hearth is set into the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳, it is referred to as *mukougiri 向切. If set into in a corner it is called *sumiro 隅炉. The latter two mats are also called rodatami. Example: Daitokuji Jukouin Kan'inseki 大徳寺聚光院閑隠席 (repaired 1807), 3-mat daimegiri type, Kyoto.

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