"The Main room, like one in the house of a modestly well-off urban family in the 1930s, had reed mat (tatami) floors, a brazier (hibachi) for heating tea water, a kimono chest (tansu) against the right rear wall, and a small writing desk against the rear wall with a religious shrine (kamidana) above it."

From: Allinson, Gary D. Japan's Postwar History, Second Edition. Itahca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2004; 32.