page_title: Roji
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: Roji / Development
caption_attribution_description: English: Roji (tea garden) with the Nijiriguchi (Entrance) to the tea house at the Adachi Museum of Art, Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.Deutsch: Roji (Teegarten) mit der Nijiriguchi, der "Scheren-Schnitt-Tür" zum/ ins Teehaus des Adachi Museum of Art, Yasugi, Shimane Präfektur, Japan.
context_page_description: Roji, lit. 'dewy ground', is the Japanese term used for the garden through which one passes to the chashitsu for the tea ceremony. The roji generally cultivates an air of simplicity.
context_section_description: Sen no Rikyū is said to have been important in the development of the roji. At his Myōki-an, the 'sleeve-brushing pine' gained its name from the garden's diminutive size. For his tea house at Sakai, he planted hedges to obscure the view over the Inland Sea, and only when a guest bent over the tsukubai would he see the view. Rikyū explained his design by quoting a verse by Sōgi. Kobori Enshū was also a leading practitioner.
caption: Roji with the Nijiriguchi (Entrance) to the tea house at the Adachi Museum of Art, Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
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