===Purpose===
   * Written 露地 or 露路 (dew ground) today; used to be written 路地 (walking path).
   * 露地 separates the mundane world and the world of tea (CQ26)
   *  The original purpose was to have a place for the 蹲（つくばい）, because in the old days tea rooms where connected to the house and guests would enter from there.

===Make Up===
  * Separated in the //inner// and //outer// 露地
  * The 蹲踞（つくばい）is in the inner 路地, and filled in front of the guests.
  * 60% of stepping stones should be for walking, 40% for viewing (利休, CQ26). However, stones and garden in general should not be too pretty, lest they attract too much attention.
  * Story of Kuwayama Sakon, whose guest applauded his placement of stepping stones, who then rearranged them because he felt they attracted too much attention (CQ26)
  * 利休: 

//Fallen red oak leaves\\
Covering the lonely\\
Path to a temple\\
Deep in the mountains//

  * 小堀遠州（こぼり　えんしゅう）said:

//Eine Gruppe Sommerbäume\\
Ein Streifen Meer\\
Ein blasser Abendmond//

   * It probably makes sense to have some citrus, so you can tell when it's time for [[november|炉開き]].