駕籠:かご(Kago)

駕籠（かご）は、人を乗せて人力で運ぶ乗り物。人が座る部分を一本の棒に吊し、複数人で棒を前後から担いで運ぶ。江戸時代まではよく使われたが、明治に入ると道路の整備に伴い急速に人力車に取って代わられていき、1872年までには交通・運送手段としての役割を終えてほぼ姿を消した。

A palanquin is a human-powered vehicle that carries people. The seat is suspended from a pole, and several people carry the pole from the front and back. It was widely used up until the Edo period, but with the development of roads in the Meiji period, it was rapidly replaced by rickshaws, and by 1872 it had almost completely disappeared, having completed its role as a means of transportation.