seiza

Formal Japanese sitting position. Formed by kneeling on the floor and then resting the buttocks on the heels, keeping the legs folded under the thighs and the top side of the feet flat on the ground.

If the legs are folded out to either side, it's instead known as wariza, and if they are only to one side, it's called yokozuwari.

Examples

See also

• sitting
• wariza
• yokozuwari
• Tag Group:Posture

External links

• Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiza

The following tags are aliased to this tag: sitting_on_knees (learn more).

This tag implicates sitting (learn more).