伶れい人じん

noun

court musician; minstrel

Historical term for a musician serving at a court or noble household, especially in pre-modern Japan. Not used for modern musicians.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの伶れい人じんは、宮きゅう中ちゅうで雅が楽がくを演えん奏そうした。

  Court musicians in the Heian period performed gagaku at the imperial court.