jōjōdan　上々段

A relatively small space elevated one step higher than the *jōdan 上段, where the shogun sat when he received guests. It was an ancillary area which sometimes included a desk-like arrangement called a tsukeshoin 付書院 and a smaller pair of staggered shelves *chigaidana 違い棚. The jōjōdan was an area that was more intimate than any other part of the jōjōdan no ma 上段の間, in which the shogun sat. Examples: Zuiganji Hondō 瑞厳寺本堂 (early 17th century) in Miyagi Prefecture and Nishihonganji Shoin Taimenjo Kō no ma 西本願寺書院対面所/鴻の間 (early 17th century) in Kyoto.