MINIRISM
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The Minimalist Zabuton and Japanese traditional culture
Zabuton is an essential part of the Japanese lifestyle, closely related to traditional cultures such as the tea ceremony...
The Minimalist What is Zabuton? A small and thin but deep-seated symbol of Japan
Zabuton is a traditional Japanese sitting equipment and is a type of futon. It's thin and small, but the more you explor...
The Minimalist What is Kaimaki? The origin of Japanese bedding culture
Kaimaki (掻巻) serves as cold-weather clothing and bedding. The clothing is classified as hanten and is the basis of futon...
The Minimalist What is the difference between Futon and Bed? Comparison of Japanese and Western beddings
Futon and bed respectively have different characteristics and benefits. Futon originated in Japan, while bed developed i...
The Minimalist Traditional society background of Japan, where beds didn’t become common
Beds were hardly seen in ancient Japan. Since the Middle Ages, futons, bedding laid on the floor, have been primarily us...
The Minimalist What is Chashitsu? The smallest extraordinary space
Chashitsu (tea room or tea house) is, as the name implies, a tatami room where you drink tea. However, that's not all. C...
The Minimalist What is the chashitsu of “Kirei-Sabi?”
Furuta Shigenari (commonly known as Furuta Oribe), 1 of Rikyu's magnificent 7 disciples, had the influence of Sen no Rik...
The Minimalist What is the chashitsu of Souan?
You can find the primitive form of "chashitsu of souan" in the teahouse of "rinkan-no-cha (淋汗の茶)," which is a custom of ...
The Minimalist What is the chashitsu of Shoin?
In the early chashitsu (tea room or tea house), the samurai housing style "shoin-zukuri," which was formed by developing...
The Minimalist Chashitsu and Momoyama culture
The Momoyama tea pottery, born around the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603), has uniquely distorted shapes, and the mud...
The Minimalist Ro (fire pot) of chashitsu
As it’s called "chanoyu" (hot water of tea), it is indispensable to boil water in chashitsu (tea room or tea house).Fire...
The Minimalist Chashitsu as a hideout
Traditional Japanese architecture is characterised by its open structure, but chashitsu has very few windows and is a ve...