外そと露ろ地じ

noun

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.

See also: 中門 · 内露地

• 外そと露ろ地じには待まち合あいがあり、客きゃくはここで身み支じ度たくを整ととのえる。

  In the outer teahouse garden there is a waiting arbor, where guests prepare themselves.

• 中ちゅう門もんを境さかいに外そと露ろ地じと内うち露ろ地じが分わかれている。

  The central gate separates the outer teahouse garden from the inner one.