Tea Ceremony Room in Fujisawa / 藤沢市 【茶室と水屋】Part 2
The work we have been working on since last October has finally come to the end. It is a conversion from a bedroom to a tea ceremony room. (four and a half Tatami size) As the children grew up and left the house, our client decided to have a room for their hobby; Tea ceremony. (Here is the Part 1)
The room was aimed to have a Wabi atmosphere (unornamented and humble). The closet has been converted into a storage space for the tea ceremony tools, with sliding doors that looks like walls at first glance.
The bathroom sink has been converted into a Mizuya which is used to make preparations for performing the tea ceremony.
I was so happy when our clients told us that the result was more than what they had been expecting it to be. They served us a cup of Matcha (yes, the real Matcha made in a proper, traditional way) in their brand-new tea room. It was such a splendid moment with gorgeous Matcha in the beautiful room. I feel so grateful to be a part of the creation where a lot of memories will be made such as tea parties, ceremony practice, even napping sometimes, family events or where people have a drink together…
I intend to make every endeavour to get better at what I do and one day hope to build a tea ceremony room in your country.
昨年の10月から行なっている、一般住宅の2階に(以前は子供部屋の洋室)四畳半のお茶室と水屋の工事、完成しました!!子育てを終え、家族構成も変わり、趣味の茶道を自宅で楽しめるようにと・・・
2階ということもあり、四畳半切り本勝手、下座床という形式で入り口はひとつ。茶道口は小間ならではの火灯口、手前座の上の天井を蒲芯、晒竹の竿縁天井。客座の上を網代、女竹の竿縁天井。床柱は赤松の皮つき、床框は磨き丸太のタイコ。炉は炭手前もできるようにと、本炉壇を据えました。
壁は聚楽壁、手前座廻りには高さ九寸の美濃紙(和紙)をはり、客座廻りには九寸の湊紙を2段(尺八寸)にはります。もともとあったクローゼットも引き違いのまるで壁の様な建具をつけ、茶道具がたくさんしまえるようにしました。
侘びた雰囲気のとてもよいお茶室になりました。水屋はもともとあった洗面化粧台を、立ち水屋に変身!お施主様も想像以上の仕上がりと大変喜ばれていました(^^)嬉しい!!最後に完成したお茶室で薄茶を一服いただきました。とっても贅沢なひとときでした。
これからこのお茶室でいろいろな茶事や茶会、お稽古、時には昼寝や、家族行事の場、酒場になったり…たくさんの思い出がうまれることでしょう!そんなものづくりに携われた僕は幸せです!生きているうちにあといくつのものをつくれるだろう!ワクワク♫もっと腕を磨き世界中にお茶室をつくりたいです!
Wowwwwww it’s so impressive. It is a gorgeous work, everything is so nice, I can see many hours of painstaking work and attention to detail. I love it Fujimoto-sensei.
Greetings from Spain!
Julio