ichijōhan no seki　一畳半の席

Also written 一帖半の席. A very small tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, no more than one and a half mats in size. It is believed that Sen no Rikyū 千利休 (1522-91) liked its intimacy and had an ichijōhan no seki adjacent to a 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半 tea ceremony room in his home in Yoshinomachi, Kyoto.