noun
wind instrument (esp. in gagaku)
Refers to wind instruments, particularly those used in gagaku (traditional Japanese court music). The term is somewhat specialized and may not be used for modern Western wind instruments.
See also: 雅楽
雅楽で使われる吹き物には、笙や篳篥などがある。
Wind instruments used in gagaku include the shō and the hichiriki.
管楽器 is the general term for wind instruments, including modern Western ones. 吹き物 is more traditional and often limited to gagaku instruments.
Compound of 吹き (fuki, 'blowing', the continuative form of 吹く fuku 'to blow') and 物 (mono, 'thing'). The term literally means 'blown thing' and has been used historically to refer to wind instruments.