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is one type of Japanese residential architectural style. ''Suki'' means refined, well cultivated taste and delight in elegant pursuits 〔Kenkyusha's New Japanese English Dictionary, Fourth Edition 1974, p.1674〕 and refers to enjoyment of the exquisitely performed tea ceremony. The word originally denoted a building in which tea ceremony was done (known as a chashitsu) and was associated with ''ikebana'' flower arranging, and other Japanese traditional arts. It has come to indicate a style of designing public facilities and private homes based on tea house aesthetics.〔Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, First Edition 1983,vol. 7, p.265〕 It is characterised by a use of natural materials. ==Origins== In 1587 Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536–98) employed the tea master Sen no Rikyū as his advisor on aesthetic matters. In the compound of Hideyoshi's imposing Jurakudai castle in Kyoto Rikyū designed an eighteen mat building known as the ''Coloured Shoin'' which was thought to be the first example of ''sukiya-zukuri'' architecture.〔Itoh (1972), p12〕 The style developed during rest of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568–1600) and was characterised by small rooms of usually four and a half tatami or even less that had a ''tokonoma'' and shelves.〔Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, First Edition 1983,vol. 7, p.265〕 These buildings were normally entered through a garden often by means of an indirect curved or diagonal path that would not allow an instant view of the teahouse.〔Itoh (1972), p96〕 ''Sukiya-zukuri'' architecture incorporates tea house aesthetics and encompasses all sorts of building types including private dwellings, villas, restaurants and inns. One of the best known examples is the Katsura Detached Palace in Kyoto. In the Edo period (1600–1868) ''sukiya-zukuri'' became popular among townspeople, and the majority of houses came to be built in this style.〔Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, First Edition 1983,vol. 7, p.265〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sukiya-zukuri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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