普段はソファ、冬の寒い時は坐禅参加者が本堂でする坐禅をこのソファの上で行います。坐禅終了後、後ろのテーブル部で簡単な食事を供するそうです。側面の様子は仁王様の顔をイメージしています。 The priest family usually use these sofas as they are, but zazen participants also use them as zazen spaces inatead of doing it at the main hall when it is too cold . And after zazen each participant can be served a light meal at the back table space. The motif of "Ni-ou face" appears in the side view.