The bending space and irregular arrangement of tatami, which exists
only in the tearoom, speak of the naturalness of wabi. The austerity and
simplicity underlie a harmony of materials and proportions, and the richness
of spatiality and lighting. The sparseness of the tearoom, the lack any
decoration, and its seemingly uncontrived nature provide the freedom “from
the continuous enslavement to man’s material wants and comforts and to
follow the very basic longing of going back to simple, and true, to be one with
the universe.”