八雲琴
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 八 | 雲 | 琴 |
| や Grade: 1 |
くも Grade: 2 |
こと Grade: S |
| kun'yomi | ||
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 八雲 (yakumo, “eight or eightfold clouds”) + 琴 (koto, “a koto, a zither”) The name is derived from the ancient poem
八雲立つ出雲八重垣妻籠みに八重垣作るその八重垣を
- yakumo tatsu Izumo yaegaki tsumagomi ni yaegaki tsukuru sono yaegaki wo
- At Izumo where eightfold clouds rise, an eightfold fence, I build an eightfold fence to conceal my bride, that eightfold fence...
from the Kojiki.
Noun
[edit]八雲琴 • (yakumokoto)
- (music) A two stringed zither developed in the late Edo period.
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