Round Chair

Japanese: 円椅 - えんい
Round Chair

...The word "Kyokuko" is an abbreviation of "Kyokukobo", and since "ko" means to cut wood, it means a chair made by cutting wood to create a curve. There are ko-i chairs with folding legs, en-i chairs with circular seats, and square chairs. Ko-i chairs are also called ko-fuku chairs or tatami-agura chairs. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…曲彔という言葉は曲彔木の略で,彔は木をはつるという意味であるから,木をはつってカーブをつくった椅子ということになる。脚が折りたたみ式の交椅(こうい),座が円形の円椅(えんい),方形の方椅(ほうい)などがある。交椅は胡床,摺畳椅(たたみあぐら)ともよばれる。…

※「円椅」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Engelbrekt Rebellion - Engelbrekt Rebellion

>>:  En'i - En'i

Recommend

Celsius Temperature Scale - Reshiondomemori

A temperature scale. The freezing point of water i...

Huascaran [mountain] - Huascaran

A mountain in the Andes, located in western Peru, ...

Scalar product

(1) Vectors If two two-dimensional or three-dimens...

Deflection method

…The method of comparing the same kind of physica...

Superheated steam - Superheated steam

→Heating steam Source: Asakura Publishing Nutritio...

Mount Mejo - Saijosan

A mountain in the western part of Kiyono, Matsushi...

Gur (English spelling)

…The city was originally called Gur, but after th...

Oikopleuridae

…A general term for protochordata of the family O...

Terracotta - Terracotta (English spelling) Italian

The original meaning is baked earth, red clay, or...

Toyota [Village] - Toyota

A village in Shimominochi County in northern Nagan...

Sulzer, S.

The Jewish communities of the Orient (Yemen, Iraq...

Joetsu Line

The name of the East Japan Railway Company's ...

Kano

A district in the southern part of Gifu City. For...

Ojiya Power Plant - Ojiya Hatsudensho

...The local specialty is the Nishikigoi carp, wh...