multi-tiered portable food boxes
Abbreviation of 提げ重箱. Refers to stacked food containers with a handle, used historically for carrying meals.
See also: 提げ重箱
female peddler-prostitute with food boxes
Archaic term for a woman who sold food from tiered boxes and also engaged in prostitution during the Meiwa and Anei eras (late 18th century).
Edo-period paintings depict people going to cherry-blossom viewing carrying multi-tiered food boxes.
Sagejū were a type of prostitute who appeared in the Meiwa and Anei eras, carrying tiered boxes and peddling food.
Abbreviation of 提げ重箱 (sagejūbako), literally 'carry-tiered-box'. The second sense is a historical extension referring to the women who carried such boxes.