Abstract
The Katsura villa is very famous in Japan as one of the most excellent Sukiya architecture. It was the villa of Katsurano-miya Household. Katsurano-miya had four villas. One of them was ofcourse the Katsura villa. Other three of them were the Takagamine villa (Kita-ku, Kyoto City) , the Misasagi villa (Nishigyo-ku, Kyoto City) , the Kaiden villa (Nagaokakyo City). These three villas are now not in existence. This is the study on the Takagamine villa (Takagamine-oyashiki). The Takagamine villa was situated in Takagamine-dotenjo-cho, Kita-ku and Kinugasa-kagamiishi-cho, Kita-ku. There were five graceful and simple Chaya (small pavilion) , Getsuro, Kan-un, Machibito, Shunju, Kairaku.
