HIDEYOSHI'S GOLDEN TEA-ROOM
秀吉の黄金の茶室
Hideyoshi directed his expedition against Korea from the temporary headquarters at Nagoya in Hizen, and here he lived in a very elegant and tasteful style that was a great contrast to the hard life and scanty fare of his soldiers in the field.
秀吉は朝鮮国に対しての侵略を決め、一時的な本陣を尾張の名古屋に置きました。そこでの彼は優雅で贅沢、野戦で戦う家来とは際だって違う存在だったのです。
And rather surprising was his entertainment of his nobles in a golden Tea-room.
驚愕すべきは、黄金の茶室を造った彼の型破りなエンターテイメント性にあります。
This he did in the fifth month of the first year of Bunroku (1592) inviting them in seven parties of six.
文禄（１５９２）元年五月六人集その七組によって作られました。
The Tea-room was of three mats, and the pillars were all gilt, as were the sills and lintels, while the walls were of folding gold plated boards six feet by five inches, set irregularly.
茶室は三畳、柱、横木、土台は金箔、壁は長さが１８２ｃｍ幅１３ｃｍほどの金の板を不規則にくみ上げています。
There were four Shoji by the verandah and the frames and solid parts of these were all of gold, and they were covered with silk gauze instead of paper.
ベランダに四枚の障子が有り、枠と格子すべて金。張られているのは障子紙ではなくガーゼ状の絹です。
The mats were scarlet and their edging was of gold brocade with a pattern in light green.
畳は緋色で縁は明るい緑に金襴柄。
They were stuffed with the finest Echizen cotton wool.
素材は極上越前綿羊。
The three feet verandah was of bamboo set in a frame of round wood with the bark removed.
幅約１ m のベランダは丸木の枠に竹皮を編んだものです。
On the verandah three round seats were placed and on these three of the guests sat while the other three went inside.
ベランダの上には三つの椅子が置かれ、三人づつ待ちそして入る仕組みになっています。
First Zoni was served and then tea was made.
始め雑煮が振舞われ、茶が点てられます。
In the Tokonoma was a flower arrangement in a turnip-headed arrow mounted on a thin piece of board.
床の間にはカブの頭のような形がした花瓶に一輪の花が生けられ、薄い板の上に飾られています。
The stand for the Tea utensils (Daisu), the Kettle and Furo, the Ladle-rest, the Water-jar and its cover, the Lid-rest, the Tea bowl, the Tea-spoon and the gourd-shaped Charcoal-box were all of gold.
茶の湯道具を置く台子、釜と風呂、柄杓立て、水指とその蓋、蓋置、茶碗、茶勺と瓢箪型の炭籠まですべて金です。
The only articles that were not were the Tea-whisk and the towel.
茶巾と言う布だけはそのまま。
This luxury was not exactly inconsistent with Hideyoshi's position seeing that the whole country was at his disposal, but it would have been out of proportion in anyone else.
この贅沢は秀吉の天下において矛盾するものではありません、が、皆が引いてしまっているのは否定出来ません。