吊つり行あん灯どん

noun

hanging paper lantern

Historical term for a paper lantern suspended from the ceiling, commonly used in traditional bathhouses, yose theaters, and izakaya.

• 昔むかしの銭せん湯とうには吊つり行あん灯どんが下さがっていた。

  In old public bathhouses, hanging paper lanterns were suspended.

• 寄席よせの高こう座ざの上うえに吊つり行あん灯どんが飾かざられていた。

  A hanging paper lantern was displayed above the stage in the yose theater.