Agegoshi

Japanese: あげごし
Agegoshi

...This refers to a palanquin or palanquin carried from the front and back by a kago-carrier (koto-cho, koto). There are three types of palanquin: hand palanquins (tagoshi) and waist palanquins (yoyo), in which the shafts are held up around the waist by the hands, and shoulder palanquins (agegoshi), in which the shafts are hoisted on the shoulders.
[China]
In modern Chinese, they are collectively called "轎子".

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "agegoshi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…かごかき(輿丁,轎伕)が人を乗せて前後から舁(か)いてゆく駕籠(かご),輿(こし)をいう。轎には手で轅(ながえ)を腰のあたりにもたげて担ってゆく手輿(たごし),腰輿(ようよ)と,轅を肩にかつぎ上げて運ぶ肩輿(かたごし)(あげごし)とがある。
[中国]
 現代漢語では〈轎子〉と総称する。…

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