Introduction: Creative Project

Hello to those of you who may have come across this blog :) This blog is devoted to the creation of a Japanese Chashitsu (Teahouse) model (in a scale of 1:50) out of primarily foamcore for the Creative Project Assignment for EAS378: Edo,Osaka & Kyoto.   

Japanese Chashitsu played a predominant role in the Tokugawa era for not only being a place for entertainment and conversation, but also representative of what changes in time has brought about changing in the meaning of space the traditional Japanese Teahouse serves. Before the flourishing of businesses in the Genroku period, teahouses served as spaces of meditation and concentration, primarily isolated in an area surrounded by elements of nature. The expansion of entertainment districts the use of spaces for entertainment purposes had brought the traditional teahouse into the city and had given it a whole different meaning 

For this project, the teahouse I will be building is a kumo style, where the main layout is constructed of fewer than 4.5 tatami mats. This is a model of an early teahouse, and not that of the city; however it shows a general layout of what elements are included in the interior. Teahouses of the city would have several of these  rooms merged together at a larger scale.  

A traditional teahouse set in a background of greenery
(Source: 茶座作法)