douangakoi　道案囲

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Lit. douan enclosure. Also called douan zashiki 道安座敷 (douan room). An enclosure used in a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. A wall is built between the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳 and the guests' mats *kyakudatami 客畳. This structure is named after Sen Douan 千道安 (1546-1606), the oldest son of Sen Rikyuu 千利休 (1502-91), founder of the Omotesenke 表千家 School of Tea Ceremony. One interpretation suggests that making the tea out of sight of the guests represented a spirit of modesty. The wall extends from the middle post *nakabashira 中柱 to the wall in front of the host's entrance *sadouguchi 茶道口. There is an opening with an arched top *katouguchi 火灯口 and the wall above this opening is called katoukabe 火灯壁. The katouguchi is usually closed with a sliding door　*taikobari fusuma 太鼓張り襖, of tautly stretched paper covering both sides of a frame. An example of douangakoi can be seen in the Tensetsudou 点雪堂 at Omotesenke, Kyoto. A tea ceremony room incorporating the douangakoi is called *douangakoi-no-seki 道安囲席.

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*souteigakoi 宗貞囲

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