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。

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