呉鼓

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呉	鼓
くれ Grade: S	つづみ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
吳鼓 (kyūjitai) 腰鼓

Etymology

From 呉(くれ) (Kure, “Wu”, state in Western Zhou dynasty) + 鼓(つづみ) (tsuzumi, “drum”), literally, “Wu drum”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾe̞t͡sɨzɨmʲi]

Noun

呉(くれ)鼓(つづみ) • (kuretsuzumi) 

1. Synonym of 腰鼓 (yōko): a type of double-headed drum used in 伎楽 (gigaku, a type of traditional Japanese dance drama), with a narrow waist and circular leather covers on both ends, hung horizontally from the neck to the waist with a long string, and played by striking both sides with both hands