A small room or space designed for the Japanese tea ceremony, traditionally featuring simple and natural decoration.
From Japanese 茶室 (chashitsu), where 茶 (cha) means 'tea' and 室 (shitsu) means 'room' or 'chamber.' The term became standardized during the Edo period in Japan when the tea ceremony (chanoyu) became a formalized artistic practice with specific architectural requirements.
A traditional chashitsu is so carefully designed that even the size—typically 4.5 tatami mats—follows mathematical principles, and guests must crawl through a tiny entrance door called a 'nijiri-guchi' to symbolize humility!
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