also: ぼんどうろう
noun
Bon Festival lantern
A lantern used during the Obon festival to guide ancestral spirits or as a decoration.
お盆には、家の前に盆灯籠を飾ります。
During Obon, we display Bon Festival lanterns in front of the house.
Standard kanji spelling for the Bon Festival lantern.
Alternate reading with rendaku (voicing of とうろう to どうろう).
盆提灯 is a paper lantern specifically for Obon, while 盆灯籠 can refer to a broader range of lanterns, including stone or wooden ones.
Compound of 盆 (Bon festival) and 灯籠 (lantern).