Roji

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Roji, who leads to Seigetsu chashitsu at the Ise shrine . Typical elements here are the stepping stones, the moss-carpet-bamboo, the gate and thus the division into the outer and inner garden.

Roji ( Japanese. 露 地 , eng. "Dew-covered ground") is the Japanese name for a special form of the Japanese garden through which invited guests to a tea ceremony get to the tea house ( 茶室 , chashitsu ). The Roji garden is characterized by an atmosphere of simplicity ( Wabi-Sabi ) and freshness.

development

Sen no Rikyū is said to have played a decisive role in the development of the Roji Garden. At his Myōki-an tea house , the "sleeve brush pine" got its name because of the reduced size of the garden. He planned hedges for his tea house in Sakai to avoid the view of the inland seas , and only when a guest bent over the tsukubai could he have that view. Rikyū explained its design with a quote from Sōgi . Kobori Enshū was also a leading expert.

Design elements

Roji with the Nijiri-guchi ( 躙 り 口 ), the narrow guest entrance to the tea house in the Adachi Art Museum , Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

The Roji is usually divided into an outer and an inner garden, with a "machiai" (waiting shelter). Typical design elements include:

  • the tsukubai , a water basin for the symbolic cleaning of the guests before the actual tea ceremony;
  • the tōrō , a stone lantern;
  • tobi ishi , stepping stones leading through the garden ; and
  • a garden gate through which the guest leaves everything worldly behind.

Conspicuous plantings are generally avoided in favor of moss , fern and evergreen plants , although ume and Japanese maple are sometimes also used.

Influences

According to Sadler, the Roji, with its small size, harmonious proportions and subdued subliminality, can be seen as a model for Japanese atrium gardens.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soshitsu Sen: Chado. The tea path ( English ). Theseus-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-89620-129-8 .
  2. ^ Loraine Kuck: The World of the Japanese Garden ( English ). Weatherhill, 1968, pp. 195f.
  3. ^ AL Sadler: Cha-no-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony ( English ). Tuttle, 1962, ISBN 0-8048-1224-1 , p. 19.
  4. ^ Loraine Kuck: The World of the Japanese Garden ( English ). Weatherhill, 1968, pp. 196f ..
  5. ↑ Masao Hayakawa: The Garden Art of Japan ( English ). Weatherhill, 1973, ISBN 0-8348-1014-X , pp. 132ff.
  6. ↑ Roji ( English ) Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  7. ↑ Chaniwa ( English ) Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  8. ↑ Koshikake machiai ( English ) Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
  9. ^ Loraine Kuck: The World of the Japanese Garden ( English ). Weatherhill, 1968, pp. 198f.
  10. ^ AL Sadler: Cha-no-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony ( English ). Tuttle, 1962, ISBN 0-8048-1224-1 , p. 21.