Hasso no Seki - Eight Window Seats

Japanese: 八窓席 - はっそうのせき

A teahouse in Konchi-in, a subtemple of Nanzen-ji Temple in Kyoto City. The three-tatami-mat teahouse, said to have been designed by Kobori Enshu, has a nijiriguchi (a porch) that opens onto the veranda of the adjacent small study, and guests enter the teahouse from the garden through the veranda. Although it has the name "Yassou" (eight windows), it actually has six windows. Other eight-window teahouses include Hassoan (now in Sapporo) and Hassoken (Manshuin), which are said to have been designed to the tastes of Enshu.

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Japanese:

京都市南禅寺の塔頭金地院にある茶室。小堀遠州作といわれる三畳台目の席で，躙口(にじりぐち)は隣の小書院の縁側に開き，客は露地から縁側に上がり，茶室に入る。八窓の名があるが，窓は六つ。八窓の茶室には他に遠州好みと伝える八窓庵（現在札幌），八窓軒（曼殊院）等がある。

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