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 ==Introduction==
 The nijiriguchi (躙口) is the guest entrance to a tea room, cut low and small in the wall so that a person cannot walk through it. Instead, Entry requires kneeling, pushing a sliding panel aside, and moving through on the knees. The name comes from nijiru, to shuffle forward while kneeling.
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 The opening is a single constraint that resolves several social problems simultaneously. Just as a low door levels a room full of guests without a word being spoken, a well-made threshold changes behaviour through its dimensions.
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	Openings are commonly around 60 to 70 centimetres on a side, varying with the room. The canonical surviving example is Tai-an at Myōki-an in Yamazaki, a National Treasure attributed to Sen no Rikyū in the late sixteenth century. Rikyū is traditionally said to have taken the idea from the low entry hatches of river boats.		Openings are commonly around 60 to 70 centimetres on a side, varying with the room. The canonical surviving example is Tai-an at Myōki-an in Yamazaki, a National Treasure attributed to Sen no Rikyū in the late sixteenth century. Rikyū is traditionally said to have taken the idea from the low entry hatches of river boats.

	==~~=What the opening does=~~==		==Introduction==
	The ~~dimension performs several functions at once~~, ~~none of them announced~~.		The nijiriguchi (躙口) is the guest entrance to a tea room, cut low and small in the wall so that a person cannot walk through it. Instead, Entry requires kneeling, pushing a sliding panel aside, and moving through on the knees. The name comes from nijiru, to shuffle forward while kneeling.

	* It compels a bow from every guest regardless of rank, so status is ~~levelled~~ at the threshold rather than negotiated inside.		Openings are commonly around 60 to 70 centimeters on a side, varying with the room. The canonical surviving example is Tai-an at Myōki-an in Yamazaki, a National Treasure attributed to Sen no Rikyū in the late sixteenth century. Rikyū is traditionally said to have taken the idea from the low entry hatches of river boats.
	* It cannot be passed while wearing a sword, which is why swords were left on a rack outside~~. The room is disarmed by its geometry~~.
			===Guest Entrance Functions===
			The dimension performs several functions at once.
			* It compels a bow from every guest regardless of rank, so status is leveled at the threshold rather than negotiated inside.
			* The room is disarmed by its guests by geometry. It cannot be passed while wearing a sword, which is why swords were left on a rack outside.
	* It forces a change of posture and pace, which marks the transition from the outside world into the tea room more effectively than a sign or an instruction.		* It forces a change of posture and pace, which marks the transition from the outside world into the tea room more effectively than a sign or an instruction.
	* It frames the interior view for a guest arriving at knee height, controlling what is seen first.		* It frames the interior view for a guest arriving at knee height, controlling what is seen first.
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	*Be explained to a first-time visitor		*Be explained to a first-time visitor

	The opening is a single constraint that resolves several social problems simultaneously. ~~Nothing about it is enforced, because nothing about it can be avoided.~~		The opening is a single constraint that resolves several social problems simultaneously. Just as a low door levels a room full of guests without a word being spoken, a well-made threshold changes behaviour through its dimensions.

	Just as a low door levels a room full of guests without a word being spoken, a well-made threshold changes behaviour through its dimensions.		==Categories==
			* [[Japanese Concepts]]
			** [[Nijiriguchi]]
			** [[Onta Yaki]]
			** [[Stopping Stone]]
			** [[Ward off Deer]]
			** [[Omotenashi]]
			** [[Washi Paper]]
			** [[Texture]]
			** [[Modernist Design]]
			* [[Calm Technology]]

	==Categories==		==Categories==
	* [[Japanese Concepts]]		* [[Japanese Concepts]]

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==Introduction==
The nijiriguchi (躙口) is the guest entrance to a tea room, cut low and small in the wall so that a person cannot walk through it. Entry requires kneeling, pushing a sliding panel aside, and moving through on the knees. The name comes from nijiru, to shuffle forward while kneeling.

Openings are commonly around 60 to 70 centimetres on a side, varying with the room. The canonical surviving example is Tai-an at Myōki-an in Yamazaki, a National Treasure attributed to Sen no Rikyū in the late sixteenth century. Rikyū is traditionally said to have taken the idea from the low entry hatches of river boats.

===What the opening does===
The dimension performs several functions at once, none of them announced.

* It compels a bow from every guest regardless of rank, so status is levelled at the threshold rather than negotiated inside.
* It cannot be passed while wearing a sword, which is why swords were left on a rack outside. The room is disarmed by its geometry.
* It forces a change of posture and pace, which marks the transition from the outside world into the tea room more effectively than a sign or an instruction.
* It frames the interior view for a guest arriving at knee height, controlling what is seen first.

A nijiriguchi does not need to:
*Post a rule about rank
*Ask anyone to disarm
*Instruct guests to slow down
*Be explained to a first-time visitor

The opening is a single constraint that resolves several social problems simultaneously. Nothing about it is enforced, because nothing about it can be avoided.

Just as a low door levels a room full of guests without a word being spoken, a well-made threshold changes behaviour through its dimensions.

==Categories==
* [[Japanese Concepts]]
** [[Nijiriguchi]]
** [[Onta Yaki]]
** [[Stopping Stone]]
** [[Ward off Deer]]
** [[Omotenashi]]
** [[Washi Paper]]
** [[Texture]]
** [[Modernist Design]]
* [[Calm Technology]]