yose-ishijiki　寄石敷

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Stone paving in which various sizes of cut and natural stones are arranged in unique patterns. Different sizes of regular and irregular stones are combined at right-angle joints or in a free-style pattern by mixing rectangular stones, small pebbles (6-10cm) and stepping stones. The combination of oblong natural stones and variously sized pebbles with cut-stone paving is considered a formal style, while the free-style stone paving is semi-formal. The yose-ishijiki type of *nobedan 延段 is often used for the area of the tea garden *roji 露地 where the host of the chakai 茶会 greets his guests mukaetsuke 迎付け next to the middle gate *chuumon 中門.

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