The Tea Ceremony

A teahut built at uncertain date, but moved from the Ryuko-in of the Daitoku-ji to its present location in 1643. It represents a new kind of hut-and-garden combination. It was made by Enshu in his late years, and represents the maturation of his thinking. While accepting RikyuÕs independent teahut, he also revived the shoin tea-drinking practice, as can be seen in the ÔbosenÕ of the Koho-an:
A bosen is an extension to the North-West of a main Buddha hall, and is a shoin of 12-mat size with low ceiling. It has a seat for tea making. There is a veranda looking out to a garden in the West. Paper shoji block the view of this when closed, but a breeze perpetually blows beneath the screens. In the garden will be a stone hand-rinsing basin, stepping stones and stone lanterns, animating the garden. The term ÔbosenÕ comes from the Daoist sage Zhuangzi: Ôonce you have the fish you can forget (bo) the fish-trap (sen); once you have the rabbit you can forget the rabbit-trapÕ. It is a reference to Buddhist enlightenment.