提さげ重じゅう

noun

multi-tiered portable food boxes

Abbreviation of 提げ重箱. Refers to stacked food containers with a handle, used historically for carrying meals.

See also: 提げ重箱

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの絵えには、提さげ重じゅうを持もって花はな見みに行いく様よう子すが描えがかれている。

  Edo-period paintings depict people going to cherry-blossom viewing carrying multi-tiered food boxes.

noun

female peddler-prostitute with food boxes

Archaic term for a woman who sold food from tiered boxes and also engaged in prostitution during the Meiwa and Anei eras (late 18th century).

• 提さげ重じゅうは、明めい和わ・安あん永えい年ねん間かんに現あらわれた、重じゅう箱ばこを提さげて食たべ物ものを売うり歩あるいた遊ゆう女じょの一いっ種しゅである。

  Sagejū were a type of prostitute who appeared in the Meiwa and Anei eras, carrying tiered boxes and peddling food.