Title Shoin (Study)

  • Yamaguchi
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
hagi・gaikokunokataniwakariyasuikaisetsubunseibisuishinkyogikai

この広い書院は18世紀後半に寺院の訪問者をもてなすために建設された。 毛利家の藩主は書院にある部屋を訪問者に会い、お茶をたてるのに多用した。主な部屋には大名の席の後ろに秘密の部屋があり、警備の者が万が一に備えて隠れられるようになっていた。毛利氏は船に乗って下流にある城に移動する前後に、後方にある部屋を着替えや休憩をするのに利用した。建物の年齢にもかかわらず、茶室は今日にいたるまで使用されている。

This expansive shoin, or study, was built in the late eighteenth century as a place to entertain guests of the temple. The Mori lords used the shoin’s many rooms to meet with guests and hold tea ceremonies. The main meeting room had a secret room behind the Daimyo’s seat, where guards could be hidden in case of an attack.

The Mori used several of the rooms at rear of the building for changing or resting before and after traveling to the castle downstream by boat. Despite the building’s age, the tea room, first designed for the exclusive use of the daimyo, is still in use today.

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