画が舫ぼう

noun

exquisitely decorated pleasure boat

A classical or literary term for an ornate, decorated boat used for leisure, often associated with elegant outings in pre-modern Japan or China. Not used in everyday modern Japanese.

• 古ふるい詩しに「画が舫ぼうに乗のりて春はるの川かわを下くだる」とある。

  An old poem says, 'Riding a decorated pleasure boat down the spring river.'