Chadou [Semiformal-Informal]

In such a tiny room, we were able to fit nine people. It made me very aware of myself and my movements. It may be commemorated as the first day that students were served in that room. The way the sunlight came in through the slatted windows made an interesting play on the walls and the lighting of the room.

Tokonomas

A More Personal Tea Ceremony

• the walls are papered to protect people's backs
  
  
  
  • the paper is shorter on the preparer's side since usually not close enough to it to get dirty
    
  • which is also why the the area where people sit to be served is much higher
    
  • the walls are usually made from mud
    
  
  
• as shown in a previous posting, the roof bamboo is exposed
  
  
  
  • there are openings near the fire pits for the smoke to escape
    
  • when the bamboo are replaced, these soot-covered ones are often used to make tea utensils
    
  
  
• a screen was meant to set apart a place for teamaking in a large room
  
  
  
  • within a camp-like setting or a rectangular/square room where everything happened and no separate rooms were quartered off
    
  • different screens used depending on season; mostly to match
    
  
  
• fire pits were usually part of a large cooking area
  
  
  
  • the pot for the hot water was hung so that are pots could also occupy the space at the same time
    
  • unlike in this room, there would be soil underneath the entire floor and in the fire pit
    
  • the heat given off by the fire itself would also warm the participants
    
    
  
  
• dirt walls are supported by bamboo lattice
  
  
  
  • exposure of bamboo will produce a different visual appeal (for window)
    
  • variation in size and width of spacing also add to this effect
    

Other pictures and info


upclose pictures of display bowls from last class







garden and rain spouts around Japan House







wagashi paper for today