如庵 is a seventeenth-century teahouse ( chashitsu) located in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. Jo-an is said to be one of the three finest teahouses in Japan and has been in its current location in Inuyama since 1972. It was designated a National Treasure in 1951.
History
Jo-an was originally built around 1618 in
Kennin-ji,
Kyoto, for
Oda Urakusai, the younger brother of
daimyō Oda Nobunaga and a disciple of tea ceremony master Sen no Rikyū.
has been relocated a number of times, but since 1972 has formed part of the Urakuen gardens in Inuyama,
Aichi Prefecture, part of the historic
Owari Province which the
Oda clan ruled starting in the 15th century.
Architecture
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
tokonoma. The building has a shake roof and a
nijiriguchi ('crawling-in entrance').
See also
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Japanese tea ceremony
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List of National Treasures of Japan (residences)
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