角かく灯とう

noun

square hand-lantern

A square-shaped portable lantern used historically in Japan, often with a handle. Now primarily encountered in historical or cultural contexts.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで、侍さむらいが角かく灯とうを提さげて夜よ道みちを歩あるく場ば面めんがある。

  In period dramas, there are scenes where a samurai walks along a night road carrying a square hand-lantern.