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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
高座 • (kōza)
- an elevated seat; a dais, platform; the stage
- 落語家の高座着
- rakugoka no kōza gi
- a rakugo performer’s stage attire
- a pulpit; the seat from which a priest delivers services
1994, Yamanaka Yutaka, Heian jidai no kokiroku to kizoku bunka [Heian period historical documents and letters], page 218:
- 高座・礼盤 いずれも導師・呪願がすわる座で、高座の南に礼盤が置かれたと考えられる。
- Kōza reiban izure mo dōshi jugan ga suwaru za de, kōza no minami ni reiban ga okareta to kangaerareru.
- Kōza and reiban are the seats where the officiating priest and the prayer leader sat; it is thought that the reiban was positioned to the south of the kōza.