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Lit. stepping stone. The stone placed directly under the crawl door entrance *nijiriguchi çWŒû, of a tea ceremony hut *chashitsu ’ƒŽº. One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi –ð�Î, because of its placement closest to the chashitsu, it is also called the first stone *hatsu-no-ishi �‰‚Ì�Î. It is considered best to arrange the fumi-ishi so that the guest kneeling on it will be close to the floor of the nijiriguchi, to facilitate easy entrance. Therefore, a somewhat large stone with a flat top is used, and it is placed about 18cm away from the chashitsu so that the top is about 36cm below the entrance sill. The height of the fumi-ishi depends on the height if the nijiriguchi. Next to the fumi-ishi are the falling stone *ochi-ishi —Ž�Î, and the mounting stone *nori-ishi �æ�Î. Occasionally, the term fumi-ishi refers to two of the trump stones located in the ornamental toilet, *sunasetchin �»�á‰B. According to *CHADOU SENTEI ’ƒ“¹â£’û (1816), the stone at the entrance to the sunasetchin is called the under-the-door stone, toshita-no-ishi ŒË‰º‚Ì�Î, while the stones to either side are called fumi-ishi. They are divided into the front stone *mae-ishi ‘O�Î, and the foot rest stone, ashikake-ishi ‘«Š|�Î.
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