狸たぬきの腹はら鼓つづみ

expression

patting the raccoon's belly (go tesuji)

A go term for a tesuji (skillful move) where a group is captured by a sequence that resembles a tanuki patting its belly. The literal image is 'tanuki drums his belly'.

See also: 手筋

• この局きょく面めんでは狸たぬきの腹はら鼓つづみが決きめ手てになった。

  In this position, the 'tanuki belly drum' tesuji was the decisive move.

• 狸たぬきの腹はら鼓つづみは有ゆう名めいな手て筋すじの一ひとつだ。

  The 'tanuki belly drum' is one of the famous tesuji.