Uwaen

Japanese: 上椽 - うわえん
Uwaen

...The seats of those appearing in court differed according to their status. Farmers, townspeople, and ronin sat on straw mats laid on the narrow definition of white sand (also called gravel). Townspeople who were given service to the government and ronin with distinguished connections sat on the lower veranda (shita-en, ochi-en, ronindai), while samurai, monks, and Shinto priests sat on the higher veranda (uwa-en, engawa, shita-dori). Some magistrate's offices had a separate upper room (uwa-dori), but the magistrate sat in the room on the top tier....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kamigawa" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…出廷者の座席は身分によって異なり,狭義の白洲(砂利ともいう)にむしろを敷いて露座するのは百姓,町人や浪人等である。御用達町人や由緒ある浪人等は下椽(したえん)(板椽,落椽(おちえん),浪人台)に,武士や僧侶,神職等は一段高い上椽(うわえん)(畳椽,椽頰(えんがわ),下通(したどおり))に座る。さらに上段の間(上通(うわどおり))を区分して設ける奉行所もあるが,奉行は最上段の座敷に着座した。…

※「上椽」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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