JPH08187177A - Tea party tool for tea ceremony - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a tea party to be held with the atmosphere similar to a tea-ceremony room by installing a fireplace stage in a small base provided with a tatami mat, and using tea ceremony articles while a tea party host taking a chair in a notch part. CONSTITUTION: Four leg parts 26 are connected to one another, and small bases 12, 14, 16 are joined to one another with side plates 32, 33 placed on the outside to form an L-shaped flat surface tea ceremony article placing part. A tatami mat on the small base 12 is called fireplace tatami mat, a tatami mat on the small base 14 is called guest tatami mat, a tatami mat on the small base 16 is called tea ceremony tatami mat, and the arrangement of those tatami mats is similar to that of a tea ceremony room. The small base 12 is provided with a recessed part formed extending over about one quarter of the area thereof, and the flange part of the fireplace stage main body is placed thereon. Tea ceremony tatami mats of half size are laid on the notch part 72 and the small base 18 part in addition to three tatami mats 34, so that the host seated on a chair can perform the operation similar to the tea ceremony procedure while being seated on the tea ceremony tatami mat. Furthermore, tea ceremony guests seated on the periphery of the tatami mats can also conduct similarly to the tea ceremony room. The base 10 is arranged in the same position as the central part of the tea ceremony room so as to keep the atmosphere similar to the tea ceremony in the tea ceremony room.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tea ceremony utensil used for holding a tea ceremony in a tea ceremony.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Tea ceremony in a tea ceremony is held in a tea room.
A tatami mat is laid in the tea room, and the tea party owner and various tea guests who are in front of the tea room must also sit on the tatami mat.

For this reason, even a person skilled in the tea ceremony cannot stand up to a sitting position due to a leg failure or the like, and people who are unfamiliar with the sitting life tend to refrain from the tea ceremony.

[0004] In some cases, a ritual seat using a simple table and chairs is held, but it is far from the official foreground and work.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In consideration of the above facts, the present invention does not require sitting on a tatami mat, but sits on a chair and performs a tea party in the same manner and at the same position as when sitting in a tatami mat tea room. The purpose is to obtain a tea ceremony utensil for tea ceremony.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a base having a tatami mat upper portion on which a tea utensil can be placed,
It is characterized in that it has a concave portion for installing a hearth provided on the base, and a leg portion for maintaining the base at a predetermined height from the floor surface.

In the invention described in claim 2, claim (1)
In the tea ceremony utensil according to [1], the base has a support base and a tatami mat placed on the support base.

According to the invention described in claim 3, claim (1)
In the tea ceremony utensil according to [1], the base can be divided into a plurality of pieces, and the divided bases can be erected with their respective legs.

According to the invention described in claim 4, claim (1)
In the tea ceremony utensil according to the item (1), the base is a rectangular shape having a notch for a master's residence in a plan view.

According to the invention described in claim 5, claim (1)
In the tea ceremony utensil for a tea ceremony according to [1], the base can be divided into three small bases having a rectangular planar shape, and the planar shape is L-shaped when these small bases are connected. Characterize.

According to the invention of claim 6, claim 3 is provided.
In the tea ceremony utensil according to the item (1), there is provided a connecting means for connecting the plurality of bases to each other.

In a seventh aspect of the invention, a plurality of support bases having a predetermined height and connectable to each other are provided,
A tatami mat to be placed on each of these supports, and a predetermined support table among the plurality of support tables, and a cutout for accommodating the hearth formed on the tatami mat to be mounted on the support table. Is characterized by.

According to the invention described in claim 8, claim 7 is provided.
In the tea ceremony utensil according to the item (4), the size of the tatami mat placed on the support table is half the size of the tatami mat.

According to the present invention, three rectangular tatami mats each having a half-mat size are arranged adjacent to each other so as to have an L shape in a plan view, and these tatami mats are set at a predetermined height by the legs. It is characterized by

[0015]

In the invention according to claim 1, since the base having the tatami upper part is maintained at a predetermined height from the floor surface by the legs,
The tea party owner and tea guests can hold a tea party by sitting on chairs around this base. Since the base is provided with a recess for installing a hearth, the tea ceremony owner can use this hearth to smoothly proceed with the tea ceremony procedure, and tea guests can sit around the base and participate in the tea ceremony. In addition to the actual tatami, the tatami on the upper part of the base can be modified by using only the tatami mat or using a tatami-shaped pattern material. This is the same for claims other than claim 1.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the base has the tatami mat on the support, the participants sitting around the base can have the tea party in the same atmosphere as the tea room.

In the invention according to claim 3, since the base can be divided into a plurality of parts, it is sufficient to connect them at the time of use, and compact storage is possible.

In the invention according to claim 4, since the base has the concave portion for the front of the point, the tea party can sit in the chair in the space for the front of the point.

In the invention according to claim 5, the base is divided into three small bases, and when these small bases are connected, the planar shape is L-shaped, and the L-shaped recess is formed. This is a space for the owner to use, and the owner can handle the tea ware on the base while staying in this recess.

In the invention according to claim 6, since the bases can be connected using the connecting means, respectively, these bases are fixed to each other at the time of use even if they are divided during storage.
In some cases, a stable tea ware stand can be provided even if all the bases have no legs.

In the invention according to claim 7, since the supporting table has a predetermined height, the tea party owner and the tea customer can hold a tea party by sitting on a chair around the base table. Since the support stand and the tatami mat are provided with recesses for installing the hearth, participants who sit around the support stand can have a tea party in the same atmosphere as the tea room.

In the invention according to claim 8, since the tatami mat placed on the support base is a half tatami mat, the support base is divided to allow compact storage.

In the invention according to claim 9, the tatami mat arrangement is the same as the tatami mat arrangement in the tea room, so that the tea party owner and the tea customer can perform the foreground and the action in the same atmosphere as the tea party in the tea room.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in a tea ceremony utensil according to this embodiment, a base 10 has a plurality of small bases 12 and a small base 1.
4, the small base 16 and the small base 18 can be divided.

As shown in FIG. 3, each of the small base 12, the small base 14, and the small base 16 has four leg portions 26 connected to the lower surface of a rectangular flat plate 22 through reinforcing plates 24 (FIG. 5). ing. A screw 27 is fixed to the upper end of each leg 26, and the upper end of the leg 27 projects.
The leg portions 26 are fixed in parallel with each other by screwing with the female screw of the reinforcing plate 24 so that each small base can be erected in a horizontal state and at a predetermined height from the floor. A screw 36 is screwed into the lower end of the leg portion 26. By adjusting the screwing depth of the screw 36 to the leg portion 26, the height of the small base is adjusted and rattling is prevented. it can. It should be noted that the small base 14 is a furnace main body 52 described later.
Due to the space for mounting the small bases and the like, unlike the other small bases, only three legs 26 are provided. However, in order to make this small base 12 independent and stable, other As with the small bases 14 and 16, four leg portions 26 may be attached. In this case, one leg additionally provided may be attached to the flat plate 22 near the furnace body 26.

These flat plates 22 have side plates 32 and 33 fixedly attached to the two adjacent sides thereof to prevent the tatami mat 34 placed on the flat plate 22 from protruding from the upper part of the tatami mat 34 from shifting. . The tatami mat 34 has a size of, for example, a Kyo tatami size half mat, and has the same size as the flat plate 22. Therefore, when the small base 12, the small base 14, and the small base 16 are joined to each other with the side plates 32 and 33 outside as shown in FIG. 1, a planar L-shaped tea utensil placing portion is formed. Here, the tatami mat on the small base 12 is called a furnace tatami mat, the tatami mat on the small base 14 is called a guest tatami mat, and the tatami mat on the small base 16 is called a front tatami mat. Reference numeral 34A in the figure indicates a tatami edge.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flat plate 2 is provided on the small base 16.
One end of the bracket 38 is fixed to the bottom surface of the shaft 2 by a shaft 39, and the tip portion thereof projects toward the small base 14. A through hole 38A is formed in the vicinity of the tip of the bracket 38. The fixing bolt 42 is passed through the through hole 38A and the tip is screwed into the flat plate 22 of the small base 14 to form the small base 14 and the small base. 16 and 16 can be fixed. The combination of the bracket 38 and the fixing bolt 42 is also used for the connecting portion between the small base 12 and the small base 14. Further, the bracket 38 can be swung in the direction of arrow A around the shaft 39 with respect to the small base 16 so that the bracket 38 can be easily stored in the divided state, and the protrusion can be eliminated.

The flat plate 22 of the small base 12 is formed with a recess or notch 44 over an area of about 1/4 thereof. As shown in FIG. 5, a rectangular frame-shaped mounting base 48 is fixed to the lower surface of the cutout portion 44 with a fixing bolt 49. A step portion is formed at the upper end of the mounting base 48 so that the inner diameter is enlarged, and the flange portion 52A of the furnace body 52 is placed on the step portion. The hearth main body 52 is a rectangular box-shaped metal with an open upper end, in which ash and Gotoku are accommodated, and a pot is installed on this Gotoku. Further, a wooden frame 54, which is a furnace edge, is mounted on the flange portion 52A, and the outer periphery of the notch 45 of the tatami mat 34
And, it is adapted to hit the side surface of the tatami mat 34 on the small base 14.

The furnace body 52 has a bottom portion 52B.
Is not deep enough to reach the floor, and the flange 56
A is covered with a box-shaped hearth cover 56 having an open upper end, which is placed on the stepped portion of the mounting base 48.

The small bases 18 are the other small bases 12, 14, 16
Unlike, it is an elongated shape. The narrow small base 18 has a narrow tatami mat 64 placed on a flat plate 63, and is used for placing a handle portion of a ladle placed on a pot. This flat plate 63 is a small base 1.
2. Side plates 66 and 67 are fixed to surfaces other than the side surface facing the small base 16 to prevent the narrow tatami mat 64 from being displaced. Therefore, the flat plate 63 is in contact with the flat plate 22 of the small base 12 and the flat plate 22 of the small base 16 at the side surfaces to which the side plates 66 and 67 are not attached. Further, the narrow tatami mat 64 comes into contact with the tatami mat on the small base 12 and the tatami mat 34 on the small base 16 on the opposite side of the side plates 66 and 67. In addition, this narrow tatami mat 64 is partly a wooden frame 5
It also hits one outer circumference of 4.

The brackets 38 used to connect the small bases 16 and 14 and the small bases 14 and 12 are used between the small bases 16 and 18 and between the small bases 12 and 16. The base 18 is stably erected. The leg portions 26 (two in this case) can be connected to the flat plate 63 in this elongated small base 18 as well as other small bases. In this case, two leg portions 26 are used, but three or more leg portions may be attached so that the small base 18 can be erected stably in a single arrangement state.

Unlike the other small bases, the narrow small base 18 has a width dimension of about one-third, which makes the elongated small base 18 similar in size to other small bases. In the case of performing (that is, the size of two tatami mats), the notch 72 can be formed in a rectangular (square) planar shape (outline is indicated by reference symbol G in FIG. 1) to form a point-preceding recess. . Therefore, as shown by the phantom line in FIG. 4, the notch 72 is seated on the chair 76 in the notch 72 by the owner who is the tea party and the base 10
You can proceed with the tea ceremony by handling each of the above tea utensils. The small base 12, the small base 14, and the small base 16 are each one half tatami mat in size, and the elongated small base 18 is about one-third the size of the tatami mat. Cutout 7
It is possible to handle all the tea utensils on the base 10 while sitting in the seat 2 or without sitting on the base 10 or sitting on the tatami mat. The tea utensils can be provided to a tea customer who faces and sits on the chair 78.

In the tea room, in addition to the three tatami mats 34 shown in the drawing, a half tatami mat foreground tatami mat is laid on the cutout portion 72 and the small base 18, so that the owner sitting on the chair 76 is in the tea room. You can perform the same operations as before by sitting on the tatami mat. Further, the tea customer who sits around these tatami mats also sits on the tatami mats laid around these tatami mats 34 in the tea room and performs the same operation. In addition, in the present invention, since the base 10 is arranged at the same position as the central portion of the tea room, the atmosphere similar to that of a tea party in the tea room can be maintained.

Further, since the base 10 is also used as a tea utensil mounting base, the height of the tatami mat 34 is large even when seated in a chair.
It is preferable to determine the height of the legs 26 so that the tea ware on the tatami mat 34 can be handled in the same manner as when sitting on the tatami mat. For this purpose, the total height from the floor including the legs and tatami mat is preferably 30 cm to 55 cm.

On the small base 16, a side plate 32A is fixed to the flat plate 22 so as to face the point front notch 72 and faces the flat plate 33 to sandwich the tatami mat 34. Further, the mounting base 48 is fixed to the flat plate 22 of the small base 12 with a fixing bolt 49, and the flat plate 22 of the small base 14 and the small base 18 are fixed with the same fixing bolt.
It can also be fixed to the flat plate 63. The mounting base 48 of FIG. 3 shows a state in which the through holes for the fixing bolts in this case are formed.

Since the tea ceremony utensil for a tea ceremony according to the present embodiment can be divided into small bases and slender small bases as shown in FIG. 3, the storage place can be made compact during storage. In particular, since the leg portion 26 can be removed by screwing it off from the base, the small bases can be stacked and stored, which also requires a smaller storage space.

In the above embodiment, the number of legs provided on each of the bases and the slender small bases can be set arbitrarily, and they may be fixed or folded even if they are not removed from the bases. it can. Further, this leg portion is not limited to the elongated shape as in the embodiment, and may have a plate shape or a block shape, and when viewed from the side, the size and shape are such that the opposite side cannot be seen through below the base. Good.

Further, as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 2, the small base 1
An extension stand 74 can be attached to 6 as a tool shelf to form a building water stand. The extension base 74 can be fixed using a combination of the bracket 38 and the fixing bolt 42. Legs may also be provided on this water table. As described above, in the present invention, various types of extension bases and the like can be added to the base 10 as needed.

During the wind stove season from spring to autumn, the tatami mat 34 and the furnace edge wooden frame 54 on the small base 12 are removed, the tatami mat 34 without cutout is laid, and the tatami mat 3 on the small base 16 is attached.
4 Hold a tea ceremony with a stove (not shown) above. In this state, when the small base 18 is not used, it is removed and stored in another place.

Further, the connecting structure of the small base and the slender small base in the above embodiment is not limited to the bolt connecting structure shown in the above embodiment, but various fixing structures such as a fitting structure, a nailing structure, a clamp structure, etc. may be used. Applicable. Further, if these small bases can be stably placed on the floor, no special means for fixing the connected state is required. In addition, the dimensions of the small base and the elongated small base can be arbitrarily changed, and a small base having a size of one tatami mat or larger can be used.

[0041]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention has the above-mentioned structure, it is possible to hold a tea party in the foreground and the action while enjoying the same atmosphere as when sitting in a tea room while sitting on a chair. Have.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a tea ceremony utensil to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a side view of the present embodiment in use.

5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 base 12, 14, 16, 18 small base 22 flat plate (support base) 26 legs 34 tatami 38 bracket (connecting means) 42 fixing bolt (connecting means) 52 furnace main body 63 flat plate (support base) 72 notch ( (Point front recess)

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A base having an upper tatami mat on which tea utensils can be placed, a recess for installing a hearth provided in the base, and the base being maintained at a predetermined height from the floor surface. A tea ceremony utensil for a tea ceremony characterized by having legs. 2. The tea ceremony utensil for a tea ceremony according to claim 1, wherein the base has a support base and a tatami mat placed on the support base. 3. The tea ceremony for tea ceremony according to claim 1, wherein the base can be divided into a plurality of pieces, and each of the divided bases has a leg portion and can be erected. Ingredient 4. The base has a rectangular shape with a point-pointing recess in a plan view.
Tea ceremony utensils for tea ceremony. 5. The base can be divided into three small bases having a rectangular planar shape, and the planar shape is L-shaped when these small bases are connected. Claim (1)
Tea ceremony utensils for tea ceremony. 6. The tea ceremony utensil for a tea ceremony according to claim 3, further comprising connecting means for connecting the plurality of bases to each other. 7. A plurality of support bases having a predetermined height and connectable to each other, tatami mats respectively placed on these support bases, a predetermined support base among the plurality of support bases, and A tea ceremony utensil for a tea ceremony, comprising: a cutout for accommodating a hearth formed on a tatami mat, which is placed on the support table. 8. The tea ceremony utensil for a tea ceremony according to claim 7, wherein the tatami mat placed on the support table has a size of a half tatami mat. 9. A tea ceremony characterized in that three half-tatami-shaped rectangular tatami mats are arranged adjacent to each other to form an L-shape in plan view, and these tatami mats are set at a predetermined height by legs. Tea ceremony utensils.