Bamboo wife

It goes by names such as (Chinese: 竹夫人; pinyin: zhúfūrén; Cantonese Yale: jūkfūyàhn; Vietnamese: trúc phu nhân; Korean: 죽부인, jukbuin; Japanese: chikufujin), also known as a Dutch wife, in Tagalog as kawil (fish hook or chain); in Burmese as ဖက်လုံး (hpaat lone) and in Indonesian as guling.

[2] A user embraces the Dutch wife as they would hold a sleeping companion, with the goal of exposing the body to a greater flow of air.

[citation needed] Bamboo wives have decreased in popularity, possibly due to the prevalence of air conditioning, especially in urban areas.

As of 2019, bamboo wives were not typically sold at corner stores, tourist shops, or night markets in Japan, Korea or the Philippines.

[2] In Japan, full-body pillows (dakimakura) are sometimes referred to as chikufujin (竹夫人 "bamboo wife")[3] even though their function is about physical and psychological comfort rather than heat abatement.

In the Japanese film Lady Snowblood, a supporting character (Kobue) pretends to make her living by weaving chikufujin to conceal her profession as a prostitute from her father.