触ふれ太だい鼓こ

noun

drumming in the streets to announce a sumo tournament

Traditional sumo practice; drummers walk through town to publicize an upcoming tournament.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、触ふれ太鼓だいこが町まちを回まわって相撲すもうの開かい催さいを知しらせた。

  In the Edo period, drummers walked around town beating drums to announce sumo tournaments.

noun

announcing an event by walking around beating a drum; drum used for such announcements

General term for the practice or the drum itself; not limited to sumo. Can refer to any public announcement made by a drummer walking through the streets.

• 祭まつりの前まえに、触ふれ太鼓だいこが村むら中じゅうを回まわった。

  Before the festival, a drummer went around the village to announce it.

• この触ふれ太鼓だいこは、昔むかし、町まちの行ぎょう事じを知しらせるのに使つかわれた。

  This drum was once used to announce town events.