Topic
wabi
2 pieces.
01
The Chashitsu: Inside the Japanese Tea Room How the wabi tea room works as architecture: two-to-four-mat scale, raw clay and bamboo, the crawl-through nijiriguchi, and Tai-an, Rikyū's only surviving room. 02
The Roji: The Dewy Garden Path to Tea The roji is the garden path to the tea room: stepping stones that slow the feet, a middle gate, and a low basin that makes each guest crouch and rinse first.