Definition & Meaning | English word CHASHITSU

Definitions of CHASHITSU

1. An architectural space designed for Japanese tea ceremony gatherings, typically having shoji windows and sliding doors made of wooden lattice.

Examples of Using CHASHITSU in a Sentence

• Typical features of chashitsu are shōji windows and sliding doors made of wooden lattice covered in a translucent Japanese paper; tatami mat floors; a tokonoma alcove; and simple, subdued colours and style.
• Hechikan is also noted for a practical joke he played on the tea-master Sen no Rikyū; having invited Rikyū to a tea ceremony, he booby-trapped the path to the chashitsu (tea room) with a pitfall (落とし穴).
• In March 1989, Taro Gadelius informed the group and the museum that the companies Oji Paper KK, Jiju, Honshu and Kanzaki had decided to donate a new chashitsu to the museum, and that Gadelius KK Japan together with Gadelius AB would fund the costs of transportation and erection of the building, together with the establishing of the roji.

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