joushou　縄床

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Also written 縄牀. Also jouton 縄榻. A rough chair, originally from India, with the back or seat wrapped in rope or cord, that was used by Buddhist priests, especially of the Zen sect. The priest may sit on these chairs in cross-legged fashion, an appropriate position for meditation. Joushou appears in portrait paintings of priests *chinsou 頂相 in the Muromachi period painting of priest Kikou 喜江 from Kenchouji 建長寺 in Kanagawa prefecture. Although there are few actual extant chairs of this type, there is an Edo period example kept at Daitokuji Shinjuan 大徳寺真珠庵 in Kyoto.

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