Lecture (stage) - Koza

Japanese: 講座(高座) - こうざ

The name of a ritual implement used in Buddhist ceremonies. There are three types. The first type is often called "koza" (lecture), and the second and third types are called "koza" (high seat). (1) A seat on which the lecturer (kouji) and reader (dokushi) sit at a Buddhist service (called "kosan") that focuses on the lecture on the contents of sutras and treatises. They are placed facing each other on the left and right of the front, with the lecturer sitting on the left and the reader on the right. In a Buddhist ceremony called "riyuugi," which corresponds to a qualification examination for scholarly monks, a candidate called "ritsushiya" sits in the lecturer's seat, but at this time the reader's seat is vacant.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

仏事の法具名。次の3種がある。第1のものには講座，第2，第3のものには高座の文字を当てることが多いようである。(1)経や論の内容を講ずることを主眼とする法要(講讃（こうさん）という)で，講師（こうじ）と読師（どくし）が登る座。正面左右に相対して置かれ，向かって左に講師，右に読師が着座する。なお，学僧の資格試験に相当する竪義（りゆうぎ）という仏事では，竪者（りつしや）と称する受験者が講師の講座に登るが，このときは読師の講座は空席となる。

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