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Architecture
Tea Houses
Lit. "implement mat." The straw mat, *tatami 畳, on which the host sits when he makes tea in a tearoom. It was given this name because tea-making implements are also placed on this mat. Dōgu-datami can be either a full length mat or a smaller *daime-datami 台目畳. Also *temae-datami 点前畳.