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...head and dressed in the fashion of a Buddhist monk, also served food and [[tea]] to the guests, and helped them with their clothes and swords. ...''cha bôzu'', or "tea monks," oversaw the [[tea rooms]] and [[tea ceremony|tea ceremonies]] of the castle.

The ''chashitsu'' (tea rooms) ''Kasa-tei'' and ''Shigure-tei'' extant at the temple today were moved the

...ll as likely in related affairs such as the design and construction of tea rooms and exhibition spaces. ...practices, which incorporate appreciation and collection of fine or famous tea implements.

...according to a definite plan, creating an elegant and refined look to the rooms. ...the geishas' private quarters, kitchen, and other private areas, while the rooms for entertaining guests were all located on the second floor. A set of stai

The [[tatami]] rooms at the center of the house are of particular note. Prior to the fire, the t ...ome deep connection to [[Kobori Enshu|Kobori Enshû]] (one of the three top tea masters, garden landscape artists, etc. of the late 16th to early 17th cent

...room), ''mae no ichibanza'' and ''mae no nibanza'' (first and second front rooms). ...elite guests, including, especially, Chinese investiture envoys. The front rooms were also occasionally used for this purpose. The spaces were furnished wit

...ing a panel-floored area, two Buddhist altar rooms, and two tatami-floored rooms, one 6 tatami in size, and one four and a half tatami; the latter was a pre

...nts.<ref name=corbett>Rebecca Corbett, ''Cultivating Femininity: Women and Tea Culture in Edo and Meiji Japan'', University of Hawaii Press (2018), 118-11 ...as ''[[oheya]]'' (lit. "room") as they were entitled to their own private rooms within the palace.<ref>Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and th

...]], in the Shiba district of [[Edo]]. Afterwards, they were meant to enjoy tea or food with the abbot, but instead Ejima and eleven others snuck away to t ...ing able to host lavish parties, banning second- and third-story reception rooms, back passages, bamboo blinds which could be used to hide the occupants of

...visitors. Behind this was the ''oku'' section of the house, consisting of rooms typically used primarily only by members of the household, such as the bedr ...etermined by the type of goods the shop sold, with grocers, clothiers, and tea shops featuring different arrangements of slats. When a section of the latt

...of the main residence (''omote goten'') to the Genkyû-en when welcoming [[tea ceremony]] officials known as ''[[sukiya bozu|sukiya bôzu]]''.

...us sorts, engaging in various arts, in each of dozens of different meeting rooms, all at the same time, and then on another day, each samurai or court noble In addition to official samurai patronage of Noh, [[tea ceremony]], various forms of poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and martial

...omen of similar circumstances, included training in reading and writing, [[tea ceremony]], ''[[naginata]]'' (halberd), and a variety of aspects of formal ...Yoshiko. The application included assessments of her skills at poetry and tea ceremony, and of her physical beauty.

...only roughly 30% stayed overnight, while the remainder merely stopped for tea, lunch, or a brief rest.<ref name=miyamoto178/> A ''honjin's'' revenues acc ...ith a confirmation receipt (''ukesho'' 請書), and a diagram of the layout of rooms (''mitorizu'' 見取図).<ref name=kusatsu37>''Kokushitei shiseki Kusatsu-j

...empt to delay any potential Allied invasion of mainland Japan. Much of the rooms and tunnels were intentionally caved-in as the army abandoned the headquart ...ge for documents and materials related to musical entertainments, tobacco, tea and the like, and for rituals and ceremonies; today, it serves as the centr