Husho - Cross-legged

A type of seat to sit on. It is also written as 'Kousa' or 'Godoko'. It is a seat with legs crossed on either side, leather, cloth, rope or string stretched over the buttocks, and foldable for easy transport. This name appears in the ancient Kojiki and Nihonshoki, but the Engishiki states that it was used by military officials attending ceremonies at the Imperial Court, with a tiger skin laid on top, and that the cost of the straps was 'scarlet silk, eight ryo for the base, lacquer, and one go for the base,' which indicates that the legs were lacquered and the straps for the buttocks were made of scarlet rope or string. It is also called 'Shogi' or 'Aibiki', and can refer to a seat used by military commanders outdoors on the battlefield or in the hunting grounds.

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Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

腰を掛ける座具の一種。胡座、呉床とも書く。脚を左右に交差して組み、尻(しり)受けに革、布、縄や紐(ひも)などを張り、折り畳んで移動に便利なようにつくられた腰掛である。この名称は古く記紀にみえるが、『延喜式(えんぎしき)』には、朝廷の儀式に列席する武官が用い、上に虎(とら)皮を敷いたとあり、「緒料緋絲、基別八両、塗料漆、基別一合」ということから、脚を漆塗りとし、尻受けの緒が緋の縄や紐というつくりであったことがわかる。また、床几(しょうぎ)、合引(あいびき)ともいい、戦陣や狩り場の野外で武将が使用する腰掛をいうこともある。

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