Kankyuan - Kankyuan

Japanese: 官休庵 - かんきゅうあん
Kankyuan - Kankyuan

Located in the Mushanokoji Senke teahouse in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, this is the family's representative teahouse. It is said to have been built in 1667 (Kanbun 7) when Ichio Soshu, the first head of the family, retired from government service. The current Kankyuan was rebuilt in 1926 (Taisho 15), but it is said to retain the style from when Ichio founded the teahouse. The interior is a one-tatami mat daime half-board, that is, a one-tatami mat for guests and a one-tatami mat for tea ceremony, with a wooden tatami mat about 5 sun (about 15 cm) wide. It has a geza-doko (low seat floor), a water room doko (a storage room for water), and a stepping board behind the tea room. A floor has been installed from the Konnichian, excluding the mukoita (front board), and the ingenious half-board design has been added to create a sense of spaciousness within the extreme spaciousness. The ceiling is covered with cattails except above the step, and the corners of the half-board wall are painted over to hide the pillars and make the room look spacious. The middle gate is called the Amigasa Gate, and it conveys the taste of the fourth generation Jokisai.

[Masaaki Nakamura]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

京都市上京(かみぎょう)区の武者小路千家(むしゃのこうじせんけ)にあり、同家を代表する茶室。同家初代一翁宗守(いちおうそうしゅ)が仕官を辞した1667年(寛文7)に造立したと伝えられる。現在の官休庵は1926年(大正15)の再建になるが、一翁が創立したときの形式を伝えているという。内部は一畳台目(だいめ)半板、すなわち一畳の客畳と点前(てまえ)畳との間に幅約5寸(約15センチメートル)の板畳を入れている。下座床(げざどこ)を構え、水屋洞庫(どうこ)を備え、点前座背後に踏込み板を添えている。今日庵(こんにちあん)から向板(むこういた)を除いて床を設け、半板という独創的なくふうを加えて、極限の広さのなかにゆとりをつくりだしている。天井は踏込みの上を除いて一面に蒲(がま)天井を張り、半板の部分の壁の出隅(でずみ)は柱を現すことなく塗り回しにして室内を広くみせている。中門は編笠(あみがさ)門とよばれ、4代直斎(じきさい)の好みを伝えている。

[中村昌生]

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