笈

I

おい【笈】

a pannier [backpack] (carried by men).

●笈を背負った 《a peasant》 with a pannier on his back.

II

きゅう【笈】

a wicker container for carrying books that was strapped on the back.

●笈を負うて長崎に遊ぶ[遊学する] load one's books on one's back and go to Nagasaki to study 《medicine》.