白しら洲す梯子ばしご

noun

stairs at the front of a Noh stage

Refers to the steps that lead from the stage over the white gravel (白洲) separating the audience from the stage in a Noh theater. A highly domain-specific architectural term.

See also: 白州

• 能のう舞ぶ台たいでは、白しら洲す梯子ばしごを上あがって演えん者じゃが登とう場じょうする。

  On a Noh stage, performers enter by climbing the stairs at the front of the stage.