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palanquin; sedan chair; a covered litter carried on poles by bearers
A traditional Japanese conveyance consisting of a cabin mounted on horizontal poles, carried by two or more bearers. Used primarily during the Edo period for transporting nobility and wealthy individuals.
殿様が駕籠に乗って城を出た。
The lord left the castle riding in a palanquin.
江戸時代には駕籠が主な交通手段の一つだった。
During the Edo period, palanquins were one of the main means of transportation.
時代劇では、武家の女性が駕籠に乗って嫁入りする場面がよく描かれる。
In period dramas, scenes of samurai women riding in palanquins for their wedding procession are often depicted.
A traditional Japanese means of transportation in which a person sits inside a cabin mounted on poles, carried by two or more bearers (駕籠掻き). Used primarily during the Edo period by the nobility, samurai class, and wealthy merchants. Different from 籠 (basket/cage), which shares the same reading.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 駕籠に乗る: to ride in a palanquin
- 駕籠を担ぐ: to carry a palanquin
- 駕籠掻き: palanquin bearer
- お駕籠: palanquin (polite)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 籠: basket, cage — same reading, different meaning
- 御輿: portable shrine — carried on poles, but for religious festivals
- 人力車: rickshaw — later form of human-powered transport