後あと棒ぼう

noun

rear palanquin carrier

Historical term for the person who carries the back end of a palanquin (かご). Often contrasted with 先棒 (さきぼう), the front carrier.

See also: 先棒

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、後あと棒ぼうはかごの後うしろを担かつぐ役やく目めだった。

  In the Edo period, the rear carrier was the one who shouldered the back of the palanquin.

• 先さき棒ぼうと後あと棒ぼうが息いきを合あわせてかごを運はこんだ。

  The front and rear carriers worked in unison to carry the palanquin.