印籠

Japanese
印籠 (inrō): a samurai's pillbox, shown hanging on a cord from the user's obi (sash).
Kanji in this term
印 籠
いん
Grade: 4		 ろう
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

Appears to be a Japanese coinage from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 印 (in, “seal, stamp”) +‎ 籠 (rō, “basket; container”). Appears in texts from the late 1600s.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

印(いん)籠(ろう) • (inrō) ←いんろう (inrou)?

  1. (historical) during the Edo period, a samurai's pillbox, usually lacquered, consisting of an oval-shaped stack of containers held together with a cord and hung from the user's 帯 (obi, “sash”)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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