三さんの鼓つづみ

noun

hourglass drum used in Nara-period court music

A specific drum associated with 高麗楽 (komagaku), a genre of ancient Japanese court music. The term is historical and rarely encountered outside specialized contexts.

See also: 高麗楽

• 三さんの鼓つづみは、高こ麗ま楽がくで用もちいられた砂すな時計どけい型がたの太たい鼓こである。

  The san no tsuzumi is an hourglass-shaped drum used in komagaku.