shoubanseki　相伴席

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

A special mat for one or more guests, shouban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shoukyaku 正客. When the guest of honor is seated in front of the alcove *tokonoma 床の間, the shoubanseki is placed adjacent. Where no shoubanseki is provided, the shouban must sit either on a regular guest mat or on the step-in mat. Examples can be seen at Nishihonganji Ikujaku-no-seki 西本願寺憶昔席, Kyoto; and at Joudoji Roteki'an浄土寺露滴庵, Hiroshima prefecture

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