| Rikyu pursued the spirit of Wabi-cha (the combination of Zen Buddhism and the way of drinking tea), and adopted koma (small tea rooms) of two mats or three mats that had only been used by Wabi-cha masters who owned no valuable tea utensils, and he finally created a two-mat tea room with a nijiriguchi (a cram-through doorway). |
利休は侘び茶の精神を突き詰め、それまでは名物を一つも持たぬ侘び茶人の間でしか行われなかった二畳、三畳の小間を採り入れ、にじり口をあけた二畳の茶室を造った。 |