Zabuton

A zabuton (座布団) is a Japanese cushion to sit down. The literal translation of the characters Kanji 座布団 is " seat-fabric-spère". The zabuton is the cushion of the every day that one finds in the houses, and that one uses to eat, to look at television, to read the Kotatsu and other daily activities. An ordinary zabuton is a square of 50-70 side cm, and several centimetres thickness when it is nave.

One finds the zabuton in Japan, and take part in nombreaux aspects of the culture:

  • In the meditation Zen meditation, the practitioners assoient themselves on a Zafu posed on a zabuton. The zabuton is used as cushion for the knees and the ankles.
  • In the Sumo, the dissatisfied spectators throw their zabutons on the boxing ring.
  • In the rakugo (form of one-man show), the actors do not leave to them zabuton throughout their sketch.
  • In the yose , in particular in the show televised Shōten , the actors receive zabutons like note.
  • In the Jidaigeki, according to a stereotype, the boss of a cell of prison receives zabutons them its fellows-prisoner.

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