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Coordinates: 35°2317N 136°5632E / 35.38799°N 136.94235°E / 35.38799; 136.94235
 

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35°23′17N 136°56′32E / 35.38799°N 136.94235°E / 35.38799; 136.94235

Jo-an tea house dating to the 17th century, a National Treasure of Japan

Jo-an (如庵) is a seventeenth-century Japanese teahouse (chashitsu) located in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. Jo-an is said to be one of the three finest teahouses in Japan and has been in its current location in Inuyama since 1972. It was designated a National Treasure in 1951.

History

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Jo-an was originally built around 1618 in Kennin-ji, Kyoto, for Oda Urakusai, the younger brother of daimyō Oda Nobunaga and a disciple of tea ceremony master Sen no Rikyū.[1][2] Jo-an has been relocated a number of times, but since 1972 has formed part of the Urakuen gardens in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, part of the historic Owari Province which the Oda clan ruled starting in the 15th century.[3][4]

Architecture

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The layout of Jo-an
Latticed bamboo window

Jo-an is approached through the roji ('dewy ground') garden. It consists of a chashitsu (tea room), a three tatami mat mizuya (preparation room), and a one-and-a-half tatami mat rōka no ma (corridor room). The chashitsu is composed of two and a half tatami mats, a daime (three quarter tatami mat), and a toko. The building has a shake roof and a nijiriguchi ('crawling-in entrance').[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "如庵" [Jo-an]. The Agency for Cultural Affairs.
  • ^ "講談社 日本人名大辞典 - 織田有楽斎". Kodansha. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  • ^ "Plan of Urakuen". Meitetsu Inuyama Hotel. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  • ^ "Urakuen Japanese garden (National Treasure teahouse Joan)". Inuyama City. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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