Word: jinrikisha
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After Japan's surrender, General Tanaka decided to do something about this cultural problem. Japan's streets were crawling with a new three-wheel pedicab which had largely displaced the old, coolie-pulled jinrikisha.* These provided the driver with pedals to push with, but they still left him boorishly up front. Visionary Tanaka decided to give his country a more cultured conveyance. He took his savings and ordered a tricycle pedicab built, with the driver's seat in the rear. Then he hired himself out as a ricksha...
Guests of Alexander Woollcott, arriving at his island in Bomoseen Lake, Vt., have always had to make the trip from the dock to his house on foot, because the island is too small to accommodate a car. In the Chicago Daily News last week appeared a want ad: "WANTED-Jinrikisha, preferably one originally used at Chicago Century of Progress. Address Alexander Woollcott, Bomoseen...