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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...
The Minimalist Relationship between chashitsu and nature
Chashitsu (tea room or tea house) is a place where people and nature come into contact. Even in the city, there is basic...
The Minimalist Introduction of tea to Japan
Chashitsu (tea room or tea house) cannot be talked about without tea. Saichou, a Buddhist priest who accompanied the env...
The Minimalist What is Furoshiki?
Do you have any chance to think about furoshiki as you spend your usual lives unintentionally? It is a Japanese traditio...
The Minimalist Furoshiki x Spain
Spain is located in the Iberian Peninsula, the southwestern part of the European Continent, and mostly facing the sea. T...
The Minimalist Furoshiki Today & Future
Furoshiki culture was once abandoned due to the waves of westernisation and modernisation in Japan, but furoshiki has be...