駕籠かご屋や

noun

palanquin bearer; sedan chair carrier; palanquin business

Historical term for a person who carried a palanquin (駕籠) or the business of providing such transport. Now only encountered in historical contexts or period works.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、駕籠かご屋やが街かい道どうで客きゃくを待まっていた。

  In the Edo period, palanquin bearers waited for customers along the highways.

• 彼かれの先せん祖ぞは駕籠かご屋やを営いとなんでいたそうだ。

  I heard that his ancestors ran a palanquin business.