migaki-ishi　磨石

KEY WORD :　art history / gardens

Lit. polished stone. A vague term which means any stone which is highly finished or polished, but may also refer to the stone in tea gardens *roji 露地, closest to the crawl-in entrance *nijiriguchi 躙口. This may also be called *fumi-ishi 踏石 or ichiban-ishi 一番石.

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