Jo-an

Jo-an (如庵) is a seventeenth-century teahouse (chashitsu). Said to be one of the three finest teahouses in the country, it was designated a National Treasure in 1951.

Jo-an teahouse in Inuyama, a National Treasure

History

It was originally built around 1618 in Kennin-ji, Kyoto, for Oda Urakusai, younger brother of daimyō Oda Nobunaga and a disciple of Sen no Rikyū.[1][2] Relocated a number of times, it has formed part of the Urakuen gardens in Inuyama since 1972.[3][4] Inuyama is part of the historic Owari Province, which the Oda clan ruled starting in the 15th century.

Architecture
The layout of Jo-an
Latticed bamboo window

Jo-an is approached through the roji ('dewy ground') garden. It consists of a chashitsu (tea room), a three tatami mat mizuya (preparation room), and a one-and-a-half tatami mat rōka no ma (corridor room). The chashitsu is composed of two and a half tatami mats, a daime (three quarter tatami mat), and a toko. The building has a shake roof and a nijiriguchi ('crawling-in entrance').[1]

See also

References
  1. "如庵" [Jo-an]. The Agency for Cultural Affairs.
  2. "講談社 日本人名大辞典 - 織田有楽斎". Kodansha. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  3. "Plan of Urakuen". Meitetsu Inuyama Hotel. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  4. "Urakuen Japanese garden (National Treasure teahouse Joan)". Inuyama City. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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