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Shoji

The room used for zazen, traditionally when trainee Zen monks sit facing the wall to meditate. Design by Japanese architect, Tetsuo Goto. At the entrance to the paper-enclosed meditative space. Goto replaced the idea of a vase for flower display with a shallow water-filled depression. Here, the circular indentation is carved into a granite slab. Japan

Japan

Author: Michael Freeman

©Michael Freeman

File state: Final

Photo size: 13.4 Mpixels (38.2 MB uncompressed) - 4566x2924 pixels (15.2x9.7 in / 38.7x24.8 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: modern interior, meditative spaces, room, simplicity, light, interior, fluorescent, Tetsuo Goto, architect, shoji, wall, monk, japan, Japanese, meditaiton, zen, zazen, tatami blocks, pd

Published in: Contemporary Interiors, Meditative Spaces, TEA DRINKING, TEA CULTURE, All about TEA, JAPAN: CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

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