Hassō-an (八窓庵) is a historic ''
chashitsu
''Chashitsu'' (, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony (''chanoyu'') gatherings.
The architectural style that developed for ''chashitsu'' is referred to as the ''sukiya'' style (''suk ...
'' located today in
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
, Hokkaido, northern Japan. The name means “eight-window tea house”.
The structure dates to the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...
. It was originally located at
Komuro Castle (小室城) in
Ōmi Province
was a province of Japan, which today comprises Shiga Prefecture. It was one of the provinces that made up the Tōsandō circuit. Its nickname is . Under the ''Engishiki'' classification system, Ōmi was ranked as one of the 13 "great countrie ...
, present
Nagahama, Shiga
is a city located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 116,043 in 46858 households and a population density of 120 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Nagahama is located on the northern ...
. It was designed by the tea master
Kobori Enshū
was a notable Japanese artist and aristocrat in the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Biography
His personal name was Masakazu (政一). In 1604, he received as inheritance a 12,000-''koku'' fief in Ōmi Province at Komuro, present Nagahama, Shiga. ...
(1579-1647). It was relocated to Sapporo in 1919. In 1989 a surrounding garden was created by Kobori Sokei, a tea master and a 12th generation descendant of Kobori Enshū.
It is on the
list of Cultural Properties of Japan - structures (Hokkaidō)
This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Circuit of Hokkaidō.
National Cultural Properties
As of 1 July 2019, thirty Important Cultural Properties with sixty-nine component structures have been ...
.
See also
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Sarumen Chaseki
Sarumen Chaseki (猿面茶席) is a historic ''chashitsu'' located in Nagoya Castle, central Japan. Sarumen Chaseki and Bōgaku Chaseki are collectively called ''Sarumen Bōgaku Chaseki'' (猿面望嶽茶席).
History
The tea house was origina ...
(猿面茶席) at Nagoya Castle
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Rokusō-an
Rokusō-an (六窓庵 "Six Window Hut") is a ''chashitsu''.
It was formerly located at Kōfuku-ji in Nara and considered one of the . It was initially constructed during the Edo period and later relocated due its deteriorated state and is now i ...
at Nara
References
External links
Chashitsu
Old National Treasures of Japan
Rebuilt buildings and structures in Japan
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