7. interior host door

This is the inner host door as seen from inside the tea room. The host enters the outer door, kneels, opens the inner door, sets the items inside, creeps through, closes the door, picks up the items, steps to the firepit and kneels a This is the host door as seen from inside the tea room. The host brings things in through the outer door, kneels, opens the inner door, sets the items inside, creeps through, closes the door, picks up the items, steps to the firepit and kneels again to set them down. This is for the kaiseki meal. The things for the tea proper are in the small 'mizuya' or kitchen, in which the host in kneeling when this decoratively papered door is opened.