kago

Noun

kago (plural kagos or kago)

1. (historical) An open and suspended Japanese style of sedan chair.
   • There are two sorts of palanquin, the norimon and the cango. The former, which requires four bearers for long journeys, is a large, heavy box, in which one may sit with tolerable comfort. The sides are in lacquered wood, and contain two sliding doors. Although this norimon is, par excellence, the...1874, Aimé Humbert, translated by Frances Cashel Hoey et al., Japan and the Japanese Illustrated, page 156
   • There are no roads outside the villages in northern Yezo, no jinriksha,—those most fascinating man-power carriages,—no kago, or swinging cars, and no side-saddles...1898 July, Mabel Loomis Todd, "In Aino-land", The Century Illustrated Montly Magazine, Vol. LVI, No. 3, p. 346
2. (historical, inexact) Any Japanese litter, inclusive of norimonos and other styles.
   • With the long kagos, three coolies are always used, and sometimes four.1895, Outing, number 26, page 7