Washitsu is the room traditional Japanese style with tatami floors, shoji and tokonoma . It is usually closed by sliding doors fusuma this instead of opening doors like the classic Western. In the past all the rooms were washitsu Japanese and the Japanese would sleep in futon placed directly on the tatami. Nowadays, the majority of the houses have only a Japanese washitsu room that is used to welcome guests when they visit the other rooms are decorated in western style. The measure of washitsu is counted by the number of tatami used, using the Japanese counter jo (畳). The measures are typical of six to eight tatami for a private home. The coffee table ( kotatsu ), where the family can dine or have visitors sitting on a cushion called zabuton is one of the few pieces of furniture in the room.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Milena Velba Barn Part 2
Washitsu (和 室)
Washitsu is the room traditional Japanese style with tatami floors, shoji and tokonoma . It is usually closed by sliding doors fusuma this instead of opening doors like the classic Western. In the past all the rooms were washitsu Japanese and the Japanese would sleep in futon placed directly on the tatami. Nowadays, the majority of the houses have only a Japanese washitsu room that is used to welcome guests when they visit the other rooms are decorated in western style. The measure of washitsu is counted by the number of tatami used, using the Japanese counter jo (畳). The measures are typical of six to eight tatami for a private home. The coffee table ( kotatsu ), where the family can dine or have visitors sitting on a cushion called zabuton is one of the few pieces of furniture in the room.
Washitsu is the room traditional Japanese style with tatami floors, shoji and tokonoma . It is usually closed by sliding doors fusuma this instead of opening doors like the classic Western. In the past all the rooms were washitsu Japanese and the Japanese would sleep in futon placed directly on the tatami. Nowadays, the majority of the houses have only a Japanese washitsu room that is used to welcome guests when they visit the other rooms are decorated in western style. The measure of washitsu is counted by the number of tatami used, using the Japanese counter jo (畳). The measures are typical of six to eight tatami for a private home. The coffee table ( kotatsu ), where the family can dine or have visitors sitting on a cushion called zabuton is one of the few pieces of furniture in the room.
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