itadoko　板床
KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses
　
An alcove with a wooden floor instead of a *tatami 畳 mat. There are two methods of making an itadoko. The first is to construct a framing board like those in an ordinary alcove *tokonoma 床の間, and set the board floor even with the top of the frame which raises the alcove floor above the tatami mat floor of the tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. Red pine, zelkova or Japanese horse chestnut are commonly used for the flooring. The frame can be finished with black lacquer, plain wood with the grain visible, or a bark-covered piece of wood cut from a log showing the marks of an adze *chouna 釿. Example: Saigyouan Kainyoan 西行庵皆如庵, in Kyoto. The other method is called kekomidoko 蹴込床 and does not elevate the boarded floor of the alcove above the level of the tatami mat floor of the tea ceremony room. Example: Fujimitei 富士見亭 at Gotou 五島 Museun, in Kyoto.
　
Nagatomi 永富 house (Hyougo)
Nagatomi 永富 house (Hyougo)

　
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