The only transportation vehicles available in the medieval Japan were the bamboo straw palanquin called kago and a luxury, wooden version called norimono, photographed here. The traveler was carried by 4 people, with an average speed of 10 kilometers per hour.
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Yesterday’s Japan Photo:Karahafu at Gokoku Shrine, Sendai |
