17. Detail of the transom in the Tengaku Room

 

 

The Tengaku Room

The Tengaku (Celestial music) room was probably a ladies' dressing room.

The screens and sliding doors are decorated with scenes of the four seasons, painted by Yasunobu Kano.

The name of the room derives from the vermilion colored transom, which is set with flutes, pipes-of-pan and other ancient musical instruments.

The screens in the ante-room were painted by the celebrated landscape artist Togan Unkoku.

18. The Tengaku Room

 

 

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