koshibari 腰貼

Also written 腰張, 腰紙貼. The pasting of paper on the lower part of the clay wall in a tea ceremony room, one piece of which is always pasted near the host's mat *temae datami 点前畳. The height of the paper varies from 24-60 cm, but is usually higher behind the guest's mat *kyaku datami 客畳, and is pasted in two layers. In the past, only Japanese handmade paper was used, but its quality varied. Besides new or white paper, brown, dark blue or gray paper was employed, Saiōin Yodomi-no-seki 西翁院淀看席, Kyoto. Old used paper, old calendars, Jo'an 如庵, Aichi Prefecture, and even old letters, for example at Sōketsu'an 草結庵, Aichi Prefecture, sometimes serve the same purpose.