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Meanwhile, the remainder of a ''daimyô's'' entourage, those left behind outside the Ôtemon, were rather free in their activities as they waited for their lord to return. Many sprawled out and napped, while others gambled or the like. Though there were rules against [[tobacco|smoking]], on account of concerns about fire, this was not much enforced, and so smoking was quite common.<ref>Nagai, 46.</ref>

Meanwhile, the remainder of a ''daimyô's'' entourage, those left behind outside the Ôtemon, were rather free in their activities as they waited for their lord to return. Many sprawled out and napped, while others gambled or the like. Though there were rules against [[tobacco|smoking]], on account of concerns about fire, this was not much enforced, and so smoking was quite common.<ref>Nagai, 46.</ref>

Upon entering the ''genkan'', one would turn left to enter the ''ôhiroma'' (大広間, great audience hall). Consisting of a number of connected rooms roughly 500 tatami mats in area,<ref name=fukai22>Fukai, 22.</ref> in total, the ''ôhiroma''  was among the spaces closest to the entrance to the castle, and thus furthest from the center of the complex. It was used for audiences with foreign emissaries or powerful ''tozama daimyô'', and for other highly formal ceremonies.

Upon entering the ''genkan'', one would turn left to enter the ''ôhiroma'' (大広間, great audience hall). Consisting of a number of connected rooms roughly 500 tatami mats in area,<ref name=fukai22>Fukai, ''Edo-jô wo yomu'', 22.</ref> in total, the ''ôhiroma''  was among the spaces closest to the entrance to the castle, and thus furthest from the center of the complex. It was used for audiences with foreign emissaries or powerful ''tozama daimyô'', and for other highly formal ceremonies.

Two "studies" (''shoin''), also used as audience halls, were located in the western part of the ''honmaru''. Known as the ''shiroshoin'' ("white study") and ''kuroshoin'' ("black study"), they lay on either side of an open garden (''nakaniwa''). The ''shiroshoin'', to the north of the ''ôhiroma'', was somewhat closer to the ''genkan'' than the ''kuroshoin'', and was used for more public/official meetings, while the ''kuroshoin'', located to the north of the ''shiroshoin'', deeper into the interior of the complex, was used for meetings on more everyday matters. The ''shiroshoin'', constructed in white wood, was divided into several rooms including the ''Teikan-no-ma'', covering in total around 300 tatami in area. The ''kuroshoin'', constructed in black lacquered wood, was similarly divided into several rooms, and covered a somewhat smaller 190 tatami or so.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 289n38.; Fukai, 32-33.</ref> It was comprised of four rooms, surrounded by tatami-lined verandas. The upper and lower levels (''jôdan'' and ''gedan'') of the main section of the Kuroshoin were each 18 tatami in size; a 15-tatami ''irori-no-ma'' and 15-tatami ''Seiko-no-ma'' ("[[West Lake]] Room") comprised the remainder of the Kuroshoin. The 24-tatami Tamari-no-ma was attached.<ref>Fukai Masaumi 深井雅海, ''Tôken to kakutsuke'' 刀剣と格付け, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (2018), 73.</ref>

Two "studies" (''shoin''), also used as audience halls, were located in the western part of the ''honmaru''. Known as the ''shiroshoin'' ("white study") and ''kuroshoin'' ("black study"), they lay on either side of an open garden (''nakaniwa''). The ''shiroshoin'', to the north of the ''ôhiroma'', was somewhat closer to the ''genkan'' than the ''kuroshoin'', and was used for more public/official meetings, while the ''kuroshoin'', located to the north of the ''shiroshoin'', deeper into the interior of the complex, was used for meetings on more everyday matters. The ''shiroshoin'', constructed in white wood, was divided into several rooms including the ''Teikan-no-ma'', covering in total around 300 tatami in area. The ''kuroshoin'', constructed in black lacquered wood, was similarly divided into several rooms, and covered a somewhat smaller 190 tatami or so.<ref>Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 289n38.; Fukai, 32-33.</ref> It was comprised of four rooms, surrounded by tatami-lined verandas. The upper and lower levels (''jôdan'' and ''gedan'') of the main section of the Kuroshoin were each 18 tatami in size; a 15-tatami ''irori-no-ma'' and 15-tatami ''Seiko-no-ma'' ("[[West Lake]] Room") comprised the remainder of the Kuroshoin. The 24-tatami Tamari-no-ma was attached.<ref>Fukai Masaumi 深井雅海, ''Tôken to kakutsuke'' 刀剣と格付け, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (2018), 73.</ref>