揚あがり座ざ敷しき

noun

section of Kodenmachō Prison for high-ranking prisoners awaiting trial

Historical term referring to a specific part of the Edo-period Kodenmachō Prison where high-status detainees were held before trial.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、揚あがり座ざ敷しきには身み分ぶんの高たかい未み決けつ囚しゅうが収しゅう容ようされていた。

  In the Edo period, high-ranking prisoners awaiting trial were held in the 揚座敷.