shibayama chōzubachi 芝山手水鉢

Keywords
Architecture
Gardens

Lit. "brushwood mountain." A type of rustic water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, supposedly favored by Sen no Rikyū 千利休 (1522-91). The best example is found in the garden *roji 露地 of Myōkian 妙喜庵, Kyoto.