outer teahouse garden
In traditional Japanese tea ceremony architecture, the outer garden of a teahouse, located outside the central gate (中門). Contrasts with 内露地 (uchiroji), the inner garden.
In the outer teahouse garden there is a waiting arbor, where guests prepare themselves.
The central gate separates the outer teahouse garden from the inner one.
内露地 is the inner teahouse garden, located inside the central gate, while 外露地 is the outer garden before the gate.
露地 is the general term for a teahouse garden or roji; 外露地 specifies the outer section.
Standard kanji spelling for the outer teahouse garden.
Variant spelling using 路 instead of 露; less common but attested.
Compound of 外 (soto, 'outside') and 露地 (roji, 'teahouse garden'). The reading そとろじ reflects the kun'yomi of 外 and the on'yomi of 露地.