How Windows Function in Traditional Japanese Teahouses (Chashitsu)

The Japanese teahouse, also known as a chashitsu, is a special architectural structure in Japanese culture which features many types of windows in a small space. These include renji-mado (windows made from wooden slats), maru-mado (round windows), tsukiage-mado (hatch skylights) and shitaji-mado (windows made by exposing the lattice framework of the wall). Yōsuitei, also known as the Jusansonoseki (Thirteen-window sitting room), has the most windows among all existing teahouses.
The Windowology exhibition explores 10 themes: Windows on Art, Windows on Craft, Windows on the Environment, Windows on Stories, Windows on Film, Windows on Manga, Windows on the Teahouse, Windows on How We Live Now, Windows on Motion, and Windows on Words.
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