Sanraku-tei House and Tea Houses

Sanraku-tei House, Tea Houses

The small house, used as a study and tea room, is noted for its unusual shape : a triangle! It contains one diamond-shaped 10-mat room and two triangular rooms. Even more eccentric is the fact that all parts of the building include the tatami-mats and chests of drawers are diamond-shaped or triangular. This approximately 40m² triangular house was built in 1890.

Sekisui-an and Zeku-ken: Both were designed by Souetsu Matsumura, a tea ceremony master, after a famous tea house "Fushin-an" in Kyoto. Originally built in Kashiwazaki in the beginning of the 19th century, they were moved to this museum in 1956.

Ji-an: Containing a 4-mat special tea room, it is connected to the main building by a small detached bridge.

Iwano-ya: An arbor for a special style of tea ceremony, situated at the foot of the artificial hill (tsukiyama).

Sadomi-tei: Consisting of three rooms, it is located on the top of the hill.