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Architecture
Tea Houses
Also *kyūjiguchi 給仕口. The host's entrance to a ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, from the preparation area *mizuya 水屋. Often two sliding doors completely covered with white paper, *taikobari fusuma 太鼓張襖, are fitted on the mizuya side of the opening, in an arrangement known as *hōdateguchi 方立口. The opening is usually about 1.4 m wide and about 1.5 m high. Example: Teigyokuken 庭玉軒, Daitokuji Shinju'an 大徳寺真珠庵, Kyoto.