お白しら州す

noun

Edo-period court of law with white sand

Historical term for the courtroom in the Edo period where litigants sat on white sand. Used in descriptions of old judicial settings.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで、お白しら州すに引ひき出だされる場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In period dramas, scenes of being brought before the Edo-period court on the white sand often appear.