木賊の間 TOKUSANOMA 3
琵琶湖に浮かぶ
屋形船の風情と遊び心を。
船底のように真ん中が高い天井、庭には水辺のヨシに見立てたトクサ。船遊びに興じ、ゆったりと琵琶湖の風景を楽しむ趣向の一室です。実際の船に使われていた古い木材をはじめ、萩を使った欄間、竹の間仕切り、ざらりとした肌合いの土壁など、野趣に富んだ味わい。陽光が差す昼の眺めも、露地行灯が照らす夜の眺めも趣があり、ひととき、幽玄の世界へと誘います。
Enjoy the charm and playfulness of a roofed boat floating on Lake Biwa
Tokusa-no-ma (literally the ‘scouring rush room’) features a ceiling with a high center reminiscent of a boat’s hull, and a garden of horsetail ferns arranged like reeds by the water’s edge. The room was designed for guests to enjoy the experience of boating, and relax while taking in the sights of Shiga Prefecture’s Lake Biwa. The room features old wood pieces from actual pleasure boats, ranma (the wood-carved transom panels commonly seen overhead in Japanese style rooms) decorated with bush clover, bamboo partitions, and the rough-textured earthen walls, which provide a rustic charm. Whether bathed in sunlight or illuminated by standing lanterns, the view remains equally enchanting, and invites you into a scene of subtle, yet profound beauty.
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かつて琵琶湖の水運を担った丸子船。その古い船板が、窓の下の腰板に。
Maruko-bune boats once served as transport vessels on Lake Biwa. The skirting board under the window is actually an old maruko-bune boat plank.
船底天井にはざらっと素朴な風合いに仕上げた2種の杉を縞々に。真行草の草の部屋。
The boat-hull ceiling is finished using two types of cedar in a striped formation, radiating a simple, rustic style. In the three-category system shin-gyō-sō (formal, neutral, and informal) used in traditional disciplines, this room is a prime example of sō, or the informal style.
ヨシ群落のように、うっそうと。庭の中ほどには、桟橋につながる船に見立てた石も。
Envisage the dense reeds of Lake Biwa. The middle of the garden features a stone resembling a boat tied to a landing.
