ばったり床しょう几ぎ

noun

folding bench at the front of a traditional townhouse

A low wooden bench placed outside the front of a machiya (traditional townhouse), often with a fold-down seat that can be used as a display shelf or for sitting. Associated with Kyoto and other historic merchant districts.

See also: 町家 (まちや)

• 京きょう都との町まち家やの前まえには、ばったり床しょう几ぎが置おかれていることがある。

  In front of Kyoto machiya townhouses, you sometimes see a battari-shōgi folding bench.

• ばったり床しょう几ぎは、普ふ段だんは折おりたたんで壁かべに立たてかけておく。

  The battari-shōgi is usually folded up and leaned against the wall.