JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE IN KYOTO

NINNA-JI TEMPLE No.4

• Tea room hitou-tei (Important Cultural Properties)
  : (Photo : Shoji Hiramatsu)

• hitou-tei is a tea house having a counry style which constructed in about 1771-1801 (Edo Period).
  
  
• This niche is a unique type of Toko-no-ma called Hora-doko whose edges covered with soil without timber.
  The wall is artificially colored soil by sabi (rusts) so that the wall is called Sabi-kabe.
  The soil has mixed with Susa (straws) for combining soil and it causes the wall shining when the sunset.

• Inside

• Ceiling

• The variation of the ceiling should be noticed.
• Each of three ceiling have different materials, types and grade which shows the state of formality.

[No.1]Entrance, Garden in Hojo	: [No.2]Shoin (Main building)
[No.3]Garden, Reimei-den	: [No.4]Tea houses hitou-tei 1
[No.5]Tea houses hitou-tei 2	: [No.6]Tea houses Ryokaku-tei

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