Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses
The threshold and head jamb used for a single sliding door at the guest's entrance *nijiriguchi 躙口 to a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. The threshold, sashishikii 差敷居, and head jamb *kamoi 鴨居, have 2 cm grooves and bamboo tenons inserted at each end. One end is attached to post and the other to the door stop post. The nails used are spiral-head iron nails kashiramaki tetsukugi 頭巻鉄釘.