Assembled tea room

Abstract

To provide a prefabricated tea room capable of expressing the taste of the tea ceremony. [Solution] The prefabricated tea room 1 comprises a bottom surface 2, side surfaces 3, and a top surface 4. At least a portion of the bottom surface 2 is covered with tatami mats. The side surfaces 3 are erected from the bottom surface 2 and are provided so as to cover the periphery of the bottom surface 2. The top surface 4 is provided above the side surfaces 3. At least a portion of the top surface 4 is made of a translucent material that has light-transmitting properties. Because at least a portion of the top surface 4 is made of a translucent material that has light-transmitting properties, a moderate amount of light can be admitted from outside using indirect lighting. Therefore, it is possible to provide a prefabricated tea room 1 that can express the elegance of the tea ceremony.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] This relates to a prefabricated tea room that can be assembled and used. [Background technology]

[0002] Mobile tea rooms that can be transported by truck or other means have been proposed for use (see, for example, Patent Document 1 below). While the mobile tea room disclosed in Patent Document 1 can recreate a tea room as a Japanese-style building with an authentic structure, it has the drawback of requiring extensive transportation and installation work, making it difficult to move the tea room easily and quickly.

[0003] Therefore, a prefabricated tea room has been proposed that allows for easy transportation and installation by leaving only the characteristic parts of the tea room as Japanese-style architecture and simplifying the structure of the other parts (see, for example, Patent Document 2 below). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2008-101407 [Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-49164 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, although the structure disclosed in Patent Document 2 above can be easily transported and installed, the simplified structure has the problem that it is not possible to provide a space that fully expresses the essence of the tea ceremony.

[0006] Specifically, it is important to let in adequate light into a private room in order to provide a space that expresses the elegance of the tea ceremony. However, the structure disclosed in Patent Document 2 has no ceiling, and light enters the room directly, making it difficult to express the elegance of the tea ceremony.

[0007] The present invention was made in consideration of the above situation, and aims to provide a prefabricated tea room that can express the essence of the tea ceremony. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] (1) The prefabricated tea room according to the present invention is a prefabricated tea room that can be assembled and used, and comprises a bottom surface, side surfaces, and a top surface. At least a portion of the bottom surface is covered with tatami mats. The side surfaces are erected from the bottom surface and are arranged to cover the periphery of the bottom surface. The top surface is arranged above the side surfaces. At least a portion of the top surface is made of a translucent material that is translucent.

[0009] This structure allows for the provision of a private tea room surrounded by the bottom, sides, and top. Furthermore, because at least a portion of the top is made of a translucent material, indirect lighting allows for just the right amount of light to enter from the outside. This allows for the provision of a modular tea room that can express the essence of the tea ceremony.

[0010] (2) The translucent material may be a shoji screen.

[0011] With this configuration, the ceiling, at least a portion of which is formed by a shoji screen, allows just the right amount of indirect light to enter, further expressing the elegance of the tea ceremony.

[0012] (3) The entire top surface may be made up of the shoji screen.

[0013] With this configuration, the top surface, which is entirely made of shoji screens, allows just the right amount of indirect light to enter, further expressing the elegance of the tea ceremony.

[0014] (4) The prefabricated tea room may further include a holder for holding the top surface. In this case, the shoji screen may be fitted into a recess formed on the upper surface of the holder.

[0015] With this configuration, the entire top surface can be easily constructed of a shoji screen by simply fitting the shoji screen into the recess formed on the top surface of the holding portion.

[0016] (5) The bottom surface portion may be rectangular. In this case, the side surface portion may be provided in a plurality of positions so as to stand on each side of the bottom surface portion. Furthermore, at least two of the plurality of side surface portions may include a shoji screen.

[0017] With this configuration, the shoji screens on at least two of the side walls allow just the right amount of indirect light to enter, further expressing the essence of the tea ceremony. Furthermore, if the shoji screens are included on both the top and side walls, sufficient brightness is obtained within the tea room, and there is also the advantage that the light coming from different directions will not make it difficult for the area around the hands of people in the tea room to become dark.

[0018] (6) Of the plurality of side surface portions, the remaining side surface portions excluding the at least two may have non-transparent wall surface portions.

[0019] With this configuration, it is possible to decorate the wall with hanging scrolls and the like, further expressing the essence of the tea ceremony.

[0020] (7) An entrance may be formed in a part of the wall portion.

[0021] With this configuration, people can enter and exit the tea room through an entrance formed in part of the wall. [Effects of the Invention]

[0022] According to this invention, it is possible to provide a tea room as a private room, and by using indirect lighting to allow just the right amount of light to enter from outside, it is possible to provide a prefabricated tea room that can express the atmosphere of the tea ceremony. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0023] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view of a collapsible tea room according to one embodiment of the present invention, seen from diagonally above. [Figure 2] This is a perspective view of the knockdown tea room seen from diagonally below in the direction A in Figure 1. [Figure 3] This is a perspective view of the knockdown tea room seen from diagonally below in the direction B in Figure 1. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the knockdown tea room of FIG. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0024] 1.Exterior structure of the prefabricated tea room Figure 1 is a perspective view of a prefabricated tea room 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention, seen from diagonally above. Figure 2 is a perspective view of the prefabricated tea room 1, seen from diagonally below in the direction A in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the prefabricated tea room 1, seen from diagonally below in the direction B in Figure 1.

[0025] As shown in Figures 1 to 3, this prefabricated tea room 1 comprises a rectangular bottom surface 2, four side surfaces 3 erected from the four sides of the bottom surface 2, and a top surface 4 provided above the four side surfaces 3. By assembling the bottom surface 2, the four side surfaces 3, and the top surface 4, the prefabricated tea room 1 is provided as a private room formed into a hollow cube or rectangular parallelepiped, and can be used for the tea ceremony.

[0026] The four side portions 3 include a first side portion 31, a second side portion 32, a third side portion 33, and a fourth side portion 34. The four side portions 3 are provided to cover the periphery of the bottom portion 2. Most of these side portions 31 to 34 include shoji screens.

[0027] A shoji screen is made up of kumiko (latticework) panels and shoji paper pasted on the surface of the kumiko. The kumiko panels are preferably made of wood, but may be made of other materials such as plastic. The shoji paper is preferably made of paper such as Japanese paper, but may be made of any translucent material that contains resin, as long as it is translucent.

[0028] The first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32 are entirely made up of shoji screens. In this example, the kumiko construction is different between the first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32. Specifically, the kumiko construction of the second side surface portion 32 has smaller lattice squares than the kumiko construction of the first side surface portion 31. In this way, by making the kumiko construction different between the first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32, it is possible to impart a change to the light incident from outside, between the light that passes through the shoji paper of the first side surface portion 31 and the light that passes through the shoji paper of the second side surface portion 32.

[0029] A portion of the third side surface portion 33 is a non-translucent wall surface portion 3A, and the remaining portion is an opening 3B. The wall surface portion 3A can be made of non-translucent Japanese paper or a resin product, and is preferably made of a lightweight structure, such as a taiko-style sliding door. The opening 3B forms a tea ceremony entrance, which is the entrance and exit for the person preparing the tea (the host). The opening 3B occupies approximately half the horizontal area of the third side surface portion 33 and is formed vertically from the top to the bottom of the third side surface portion 33, so the host can enter and exit the opening 3B without having to crouch.

[0030] The opening 3B can be opened and closed by a sliding door 3C. The dimensions of the sliding door 3C are, for example, 790 mm in width and 2123 mm in height. The sliding door 3C is made of a paper screen, and when the sliding door 3C is opened, the opening 3B is opened with the sliding door 3C facing the wall portion 3A.

[0031] The kumite members of the shoji screen that constitutes the sliding door 3C are assembled in a different way from the kumite members of the first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32. Specifically, while the kumite members of the first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32 have vertically long or square grids, the kumite members of the shoji screen that constitutes the sliding door 3C have horizontally long grids.

[0032] The majority of the fourth side surface portion 34 is a non-transparent wall surface portion 3D, and the portion other than the wall surface portion 3D is an opening 3E. The wall surface portion 3D can be made of non-transparent Japanese paper or a resin product, and is preferably made of a lightweight structure such as a taiko-style sliding door. The opening 3E forms a nijiriguchi (a gate) which is an entrance and exit for tea drinkers (guests). The opening 3E is formed in only a portion of the lower part of the fourth side surface portion 34, and guests can enter and exit the opening 3E by crouching down.

[0033] The opening 3E can be opened and closed by a sliding door 3F. The dimensions of the sliding door 3F are, for example, 790 mm in width and 700 mm in height. The sliding door 3F is made of a paper screen, and when the sliding door 3F is opened, the opening 3E is opened with the sliding door 3F facing the wall portion 3D.

[0034] The kumiko of the shoji sliding door 3F is assembled differently from the kumiko of the first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32. Specifically, the kumiko of the first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32 have vertically long or square squares, while the kumiko of the shoji sliding door 3F has horizontally long squares. The squares of the kumiko of the sliding door 3F may be the same as the squares of the kumiko of the sliding door 3C.

[0035] An opening 3G different from the opening 3E is formed in a part of the wall surface portion 3D of the fourth side surface portion 34. A shoji screen 3H is fitted into this opening 3G. The shoji screen 3H serves as a small window that lets in light from outside.

[0036] At least a portion of the top surface 4 is made of a translucent material that is light-transmitting. In this example, as shown in Fig. 1, the translucent material is a shoji screen, and the entire top surface 4 is made of the shoji screen. However, instead of the entire top surface 4 being made of the shoji screen, only a portion of the top surface 4 may be made of the shoji screen.

[0037] In this embodiment, at least a portion of the top surface 4 is made of a translucent material, allowing just the right amount of light to enter from outside through indirect lighting. This makes it possible to provide a prefabricated tea room 1 that is able to express the elegance of the tea ceremony. In particular, by using shoji screens as the translucent material and constructing the entire top surface 4 from shoji screens, just the right amount of light can enter from the top surface 4, further expressing the elegance of the tea ceremony.

[0038] The knots of the shoji screen that make up the top surface 4 may be joined in a different way from the knots that make up the first side surface 31 and the second side surface 32. This allows the light that passes through the shoji paper of the top surface 4 and the light that passes through the shoji paper of the first side surface 31 and the second side surface 32 to be changed in the light that enters from outside.

[0039] Furthermore, in this embodiment, at least two of the four side surface portions 3 (such as the first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32) include shoji screens, which allow just the right amount of indirect light to enter through these shoji screens, further expressing the elegance of the tea ceremony. Furthermore, if both the top surface portion 4 and the side surface portions 3 include shoji screens, sufficient brightness can be obtained within the tea room, and there is also the advantage that the area around the hands of people in the tea room is less likely to be darkened by light entering from different directions.

[0040] 2. Interior structure of the prefabricated tea room Figure 4 is an oblique view showing the internal structure of the prefabricated tea room 1 of Figure 1, showing the state in which the shoji screens of the first side portion 31, second side portion 32 and top portion 4 have been removed, as well as the sliding doors 3C and 3F.

[0041] The rectangular bottom surface 2 has four sides surrounded by a lower frame 2A. The lower frame 2A is formed, for example, by connecting four linear pieces of wood into a rectangular shape. Support posts 2B are erected at the four corners of the lower frame 2A. Each support post 2B is connected to a corresponding corner of the lower frame 2A from above and is installed parallel to one another so as to extend vertically.

[0042] Each support column 2B has the same length. A rectangular framed upper frame 2C is connected to the upper end surface of each support column 2B. That is, the four corners of the upper frame 2C are connected to the upper end surface of each support column 2B from above. The upper frame 2C has the same rectangular shape as the lower frame 2A and extends parallel to the lower frame 2A in the horizontal plane.

[0043] The first side surface portion 31 and the second side surface portion 32, which are omitted in Fig. 4, are fitted into a rectangular space surrounded by the lower frame 2A, the upper frame 2C, and the two support columns 2B. The top surface portion 4 is fitted into a rectangular space surrounded by the upper frame 2C. The method for fitting the first side surface portion 31, the second side surface portion 32, and the top surface portion 4 together is not particularly limited, and a structure in which protrusions and recesses engage with each other may be used, for example.

[0044] The upper frame 2C constitutes a holding portion for holding the top surface 4. In the example of FIG. 4, a recess 2D is formed along the inner peripheral edge of the upper surface of the upper frame 2C. The recess 2D is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the outer peripheral edge of the shoji screen that constitutes the top surface 4, and the top surface 4 is fitted into this recess 2D (see FIG. 1). In this way, the entire top surface 4 can be easily made up of a shoji screen simply by fitting the shoji screen into the recess 2D formed in the upper surface of the upper frame 2C.

[0045] In this embodiment, in addition to the four support columns 2B, two auxiliary columns 2E and 2F are provided that extend vertically parallel to the support columns 2B. One auxiliary column 2E forms one side of the opening 3B that is opened and closed by the sliding door 3C. The other auxiliary column 2F forms one side of the opening 3E that is opened and closed by the sliding door 3F.

[0046] Tatami mats 5 are provided on at least a portion of the bottom surface 2. Specifically, multiple tatami mats 5 are fitted tightly inside the lower frame 2A of the bottom surface 2. However, there may be other parts of the bottom surface 2 besides the tatami mats 5. In this example, three tatami mats 51, 52, and 53 are provided, each playing an essential role in the tea ceremony. The tatami mats 5 are generally made of rush, but they are not limited to rush, and other materials such as Japanese paper and resin may also be used.

[0047] The largest tatami mat, 51, is adjacent to the opening 3E and serves as a seat for guests entering and exiting through opening 3E. The next largest, tatami mat, 52, is adjacent to the opening 3B and serves as a seat for the host entering and exiting through opening 3B. The smallest tatami mat, 53, serves as a counterboard on which tea ceremony utensils are placed. A long, slender, cylindrical alcove pillar 2G stands upright at the point where these three tatami mats 51, 52, and 53 meet.

[0048] In this embodiment, of the four side surfaces 3, at least two (first side surface 31 and second side surface 32) are excluded, and the remaining side surfaces (third side surface 33 and fourth side surface 34) have non-translucent wall surfaces 3A and 3D. Therefore, decorations such as hanging scrolls can be applied to the wall surfaces 3A and 3D, further expressing the taste of the tea ceremony. [Explanation of symbols]

[0049] 1. Assembled Tea House 2 Bottom part 2C upper frame 2D recess 3 Side part 3B opening 3E opening 4 Top section 5 tatami mats

Claims

1. It is a prefabricated tea room that can be assembled and used, A bottom surface portion at least partially covered with tatami mats; a side surface portion extending from the bottom surface portion and covering the periphery of the bottom surface portion; a top surface portion provided above the side surface portion, A prefabricated tea room in which at least a portion of the top surface is formed from a translucent material that is translucent.

2. 2. The knockdown tea house according to claim 1, wherein the translucent material is a shoji screen.

3. 3. The knockdown tea room according to claim 2, wherein the entire top surface is made up of the shoji screen.

4. Further provided is a holding portion for holding the top surface portion, 4. The knockdown tea room according to claim 3, wherein the shoji screen is fitted into a recess formed in the upper surface of the holding part.

5. The bottom surface portion is rectangular, The side surface portion is provided in plurality so as to stand upright from each side of the bottom surface portion, 5. A knockdown tea room according to claim 1, wherein at least two of the side sections include shoji screens.

6. 6. A knockdown tea room according to claim 5, wherein all of the side sections except for the at least two have non-translucent wall sections.

7. 7. A knockdown tea room according to claim 6, wherein an entrance is formed in a part of the wall portion.

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