teshoku-ishi　手燭石

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Lit. candlestick stone. One of the *yaku-ishi 役石 of the *tsukubai 蹲踞, set of stones in a tea garden *roji 露地. Placed to the user's left of the water basin *chouzubachi 手水鉢, it is flat like the opposing *yuoke-ishi 湯桶石 but is usually somewhat lower. Teshoku-ishi are used during a nocturnal tea gathering when a candle or lantern is placed on it to help light the tsukubai.

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