A small but old plum tree welcomed visitors with full bloom.
Kobuntei is a three-story wooden building.
The first floor is very wide and we can enjoy open views in three directions, east, south and west.
This is a garden view from the third. The roof is cypress bark. Many small square plates cover the roof. Each of them were fixed with a bamboo nail. Its maintenance may be not easy.
You might enter this type mat room, a formal place to welcome guests.
This park keeps the tea house. Guests to attend a tea ceremony clean their hands here. The sound of water will clean their hearts, too.
Until the host informs the opening of the party, guests wait here in silence.
The thatched roof gate is a symbolic boundary from the daily life.
Simple beauty...
ReplyDeleteGreat building, my friend. I love the photo of the spring that guests wash their hands and gorgeous view from the 3rd floor. Japan is a fantastic country. Kisses from Greece.
ReplyDeleteHello rtc, Kairakuen seems like a charming garden. I love plum blossoms--we used to have a plum tree in our yard, and I knew the location of a secret plum grove in the woods, where we used to see the blossoms in spring, and enjoy the fruit in the fall.
ReplyDeleteThe tea house balcony reminds me of a ukiyo-e print I have by Shunsho, which shows a young man (an actor?) on a balcony overlooking a ravine. It is one of my favorite pictures since I would like to have an elegant house is such a location!
--Jim
What a fascinating place and lovely photos!
ReplyDeleteHave a happy weekend!
What a wonderful place!
ReplyDeleteLovely place! Have a nice weekend
ReplyDeleteDearest RTC.,
ReplyDeleteAmazing how they used the cypress bark for the roofing and by nailing it with bamboo.
Will indeed be high maintenance to avoid any leaks.
Lovely three story building and I can appreciate the special rituals you so well described here!
Hugs and happy weekend, sending you sunshine,
Mariette
Nice pictures
ReplyDeleteLooks so lovely.
ReplyDeleteThe blossom is very nice on the old plum tree and a very nice view from the third floor.
All the best Jan
Lovely.
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful and so very peaceful.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for your visits.
Oh, thank you very much for explaining the significance of traditional Japanese houses. I hadn't realised what some of these things were. I knew about the wooden shingles of the roof. I don't know why the maintenance would be harder than with an ordinary tiled roof, although perhaps the technique is slightly different. The wooden tiled roofs would carry more of a risk of fire perhaps than ceramic tiles, and are also much lighter in weight.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting post!
Such a beautiful place to visit !!
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos !!
Greetings
Beautiful and quiet place.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos.
Greetings
Maria
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The sound of water will clean their hearts, too........I like that. The sound of brooks and streams and rivers are so peaceful.
ReplyDeleteWishing you lovely April days.
~Sheri
Um lugar de uma imensa paz e beleza!...
ReplyDeleteApetece conhecer! Como sempre, mais uma formidável partilha, por aqui!
Abraço
Ana