三さん鼓こ

noun

the three types of gagaku drums

Technical term in gagaku (court music) referring collectively to the three drum types: kakko, taiko, and shōko. Rare outside specialized contexts.

• 雅が楽がくでは、三さん鼓こと呼よばれる三さん種しゅ類るいの太たい鼓こが使つかわれる。

  In gagaku, three types of drums called sanko are used.

noun

third division of the night (approx. 11pm to 1am)

Archaic timekeeping term; the night was divided into five watches, and sanko was the third, corresponding roughly to 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 昔むかしの時じ刻こくでは、三さん鼓こは夜よるの第だい三さんの刻こく限げんを指さした。

  In old timekeeping, sanko referred to the third watch of the night.