「The tea-room is unimpressive in appearance.
It is smaller than the smallest of Japanese houses, while the materials used in its construction are intended to give the suggestion of refined poverty.
Yet we must remember that all this is the result of profound artistic forehought, and that the details have been worked out with care perhaps even greater than that expended on the building of the richest palaces and temples.
A good tea-room is more costly than an ordinary mansion, for the selection of its materials, as well as workmanship, requires immense care and precision.
Indeed the carpenters employed by the tea-masters form a distinct and highly honoured class among artisans, ther work being no less delicate than that of the makers of lacquer cabinets.」(From the Book of Tea-The Tea-Room, pp.56-57, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont-Tokyo, Japan)
I think the characteristics of The Tea-Room are as follows.
In The smallest Tea-Room, just two persons could sit down at once. The one is guest and the other is host. One of the first and historically famous Tea-Room of the samllest one was said to be built by Senno-Soyeki(Rikiu).
The small houses were generally for poor farmer, which is sufficient to drink tea.
The spiritual mind for drinking tea is just sit down to drink tea.
You should understand the essential mind as follows.
It's just enough to put a pot over the fire and pour hot water to a teacup.
In that sence, I don't prefer to spend much money to build The Expensive The Tea-House.
Yet, don't forget the essence of The Smallest Tea-House should be unsymmetric and imperfect.
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