Shared ride - Ainori

...Rickshaws became popular, and in February 1872, there were 11,040 rickshaws in Tokyo, including 88 private rickshaws for the nobility and government officials. By 1876, the number had doubled to 24,470, but more than half of them were "shared rides," in which a geisha and a customer were often seen riding together with a blanket draped over their laps. A song once became popular: "We ride together, with our hoods on, our cheeks pressed against each other, and we're all smitten." Around 1889, rubber wheels began to be used on private rickshaws instead of the wooden wheels used up until that time, and by 1909 this had spread rapidly, and by 1912, rickshaws with pneumatic tires had appeared.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "shared riding" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…人力車の普及はめざましく，1872年2月の東京府下には華族，官員らの自家用88両を含めて1万1040両を数えた。76年には2万4470両と倍増していたが，その半数以上は〈相(合)乗車（あいのりぐるま）〉で，芸者と客が同乗して1枚のケットをひざにかけている姿がよく見られ，〈合乗り幌（ほろ）かけ，頰（ほ）っぺた押っつけ，テケレッツのパア〉という歌がはやったこともある。89年ごろから，それまでの木輪にかえてゴム輪を用いることが自家用車に行われはじめ，1909年にはそれが急激にひろまり，12年には空気入りのタイヤを装着するものが出現した。…

※「合乗り」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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