八方行灯はっぽうあんどん

noun

large hanging paper lantern

Historical term for a large paper lantern used in bathhouses, yose theatres, izakaya, and similar traditional establishments. Related to 八間 (hachiken), a large lantern.

See also: 八間

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの銭せん湯とうには、八はっ方ぽう行あん灯どんが吊つるされていた。

  In Edo-period bathhouses, large hanging paper lanterns called happō andon were suspended.