千せん両りょう箱ばこ

noun

box of 1000 ryō

Historical term for a box containing 1000 ryō (a large sum of gold coins in Edo-period Japan). Often appears in stories, period dramas, and cultural references.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、千せん両りょう箱ばこがよく盗ぬすまれる。

  In period dramas, a box of 1000 ryō is often stolen.

• 千せん両りょう箱ばこを担かついで逃にげる泥どろ棒ぼうの話はなしがある。

  There is a story about a thief running away carrying a box of 1000 ryō.