Editing Chashitsu (section)

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[[File:Joan in Urakuen, Gomonsaki Inuyama Inuyama City 2023.jpg|thumb|''[[Jo-an]]'' is a ''chashitsu'' (tea house) and inscribed as a [[National Treasure of Japan|National Treasure]].]]
[[File:Tea house in a woodland, Itsuku-Shima, Japan LCCN2001705665.tif|thumb|{{transliteration|ja|Chashitsu}} in its garden setting, [[Itsuku-shima]], {{Circa|1900}}]]
'''''Chashitsu''''' ({{lang|ja|茶室}}, "tea room") in [[Japan]]ese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for [[Japanese tea ceremony|tea ceremony]] (''chanoyu'') gatherings.<ref>''A Chanoyu Vocabulary: Practical Terms for the Way of Tea'', entry for "chashitsu". Tankosha Publishing Co., 2007.</ref>

The architectural style that developed for ''chashitsu'' is referred to as the ''sukiya'' style (''[[sukiya-zukuri]]''), and the term ''[[Sukiya (style)|sukiya]]'' ({{lang|ja|数奇屋}}) may be used as a synonym for ''chashitsu''.<ref>''A Chanoyu Vocabulary'', entry for "sukiya".</ref> Related Japanese terms are ''chaseki'' ({{lang|ja|茶席}}), broadly meaning "place for tea", and implying any sort of space where people are seated to participate in tea ceremony,<ref>''Kōjien'' Japanese dictionary, entry for "chaseki".</ref> and ''[[chabana]]'', "tea flowers", the style of flower arrangement associated with the tea ceremony.

Typical features of ''chashitsu'' are ''[[shōji]]'' windows and sliding doors made of wooden lattice covered in a translucent [[washi|Japanese paper]]; ''[[tatami]]'' mat floors; a ''[[tokonoma]]'' alcove; and simple, subdued colours and style. The most typical floor size of a ''chashitsu'' is 4.5 tatami mats (<!--2 tatami = 1 tsubo-->{{convert|2.25|tsubo|m2 sqft|disp=out}}).<ref name="ReferenceA">''Kōjien'' Japanese dictionary, entry for 'chashitsu'.</ref>