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#358 No chairs, no backrests

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#3582026/07/09(木)No chairs, no backrests 昨日お話した、黒牢城を見ていて気づいたのですが、昔の人は畳に座って生活していたので、背もたれが無い生活をしていたんだなあ、と思いました。もたれる物が無い生活は、腰が痛くなりそうなので意外ときついのでは、と思います。ちなみに、日本人が家で椅子を使い始めたのは、明治時代(1868〜)からだそうです。きのう おはなしした こくろうじょうを みていて きづいたのですが、むかしの ひとは たたみに すわって せいかつしていたので、せもたれが ない せいかつを していたんだなあ、と おもいました。もたれる ものが ない せいかつは、こしが いたく なりそうなのでいがいと きついのでは、と おもいます。ちなみに、にほんじんが いえで いすを つかいはじめたのは、めいじじだい(せんはっぴゃくろくじゅうはちねん〜)からだそうです。While watching Kokurojo, which I talked about yesterday, I realized something.People in the past lived sitting on tatami mats, so they must have lived without backrests.A life without anything to lean on sounds like it would hurt your lower back, so I think it might have been surprisingly tough.By the way, Japanese people apparently started using chairs at home from the Meiji period, around 1868.【Today’s words】背もたれ(せもたれ)/ backrestXにもたれる(Xに もたれる)/ to lean on X腰(こし)/ lower back, waist意外と(いがいと)/ surprisingly★This post is also available on the broadcast channel (Japanese daily tips) of my Instagram. 【https://www.instagram.com/channel/AbbOi9lyhNtGwo6A/?igsh=enhqNGRyajhobnZ5】

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