室しつ礼らい

noun

setting up a space with furnishings (Heian era)

Archaic term referring to the practice of arranging furniture, implements, and decorations for living or ceremonial spaces during the Heian period. Also written as 鋪設 or 補理 in historical sources.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくは、季き節せつや行ぎょう事じに合あわせて室しつ礼らいを整ととのえた。

  Heian-era nobles arranged the furnishings of their rooms according to the season or occasion.