駕籠かご

noun

palanquin; litter; kago

A historical Japanese palanquin, a covered sedan chair carried by bearers, used especially in the Edo period. Also used for a bier in funeral contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、駕籠かごは武ぶ士しや貴き族ぞくの移い動どう手しゅ段だんだった。

  In the Edo period, the palanquin was a means of transportation for samurai and nobles.

• 時じ代だい劇げきで駕籠かごに乗のった殿との様さまを見みた。

  I saw a lord riding in a palanquin in a period drama.