Comparison of the “Hori-gotatsu” in the Traditional Japanese House and the “Kürsü” in the Traditional Divriği House

The use of the wooden low table “kotatsu” in the center of the traditional Japanese house in the fourteenth century (Muromachi period), the hori-gotatsu, is similar to the use of the wooden low table in traditional Divriği house in traditional Turkish Anatolian house, the “kürsü”. The “kotatsu” and the “kürsü” used in winter in both places with similar climate characteristics are the table usage, which is collected around the place and where the warm-up needs are met. The origins of these similar uses in the traditional Japanese house and the traditional Divriği house, located in different and distant geographies, can be traced back to Central Asia. In this study, the shape and use characteristics of “hori-gotatsu”, a form of traditional Japanese house in the past, and the shape and use characteristics of the “kürsü” in the traditional Divriği house are compared.