Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses
Stone paving in which various sizes of cut and natural stones are arranged in unique patterns. Different sizes of regular and irregular stones are combined at right-angle joints or in a free-style pattern by mixing rectangular stones, small pebbles (6-10 cm) and stepping stones. The combination of oblong natural stones and variously sized pebbles with cut-stone paving is considered a formal style, while the free-style stone paving is semi-formal. The yose-ishijiki type of *nobedan 延段 is often used for the area of the tea garden *roji 露地 where the host of the chakai 茶会 greets his guests mukaetsuke 迎付け next to the middle gate *chūmon 中門.