Backpack - Shoigo

Japanese: 背負籠 - しょいご

A carrying device made of a woven basket made of bamboo or willow with a rope attached to it, allowing it to be carried on the back. It is often used to carry light weight items, such as grass clippings and wild vegetables, which are large in volume. There are three ways to carry it: head support, shoulder support, and chest support, but all three are seen in the Izu Islands. The most common way nationwide is shoulder support, but the head support is considered to be the more primitive form. [Kanji Kurumizawa]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

タケ，ヤナギなどで編んだ籠に負い縄を付け，背負えるようにした運搬具。刈草，山菜など，容積が大きい割に重量が軽いものを運ぶ際に用いられることが多い。負い方は，頭で支える頭部支持，肩で支える両肩支持，胸で支える胸部支持の三とおりあるが，伊豆諸島では三つがそろって見られる。全国的にもっとも多いのは両肩支持だが，より原初的な形とされているのは頭部支持である。【胡桃沢勘司】

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

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