筒つつ井い筒づつ

noun

round well curb

Refers to the wooden or stone frame around the mouth of a round well. An archaic word, now mostly known from the famous poem in the Ise Monogatari.

• 「筒つつ井い筒づつ」は伊い勢せ物もの語がたりの歌うたで知しられる古ふるい言こと葉ばだ。

  "Tsutsuizutsu" is an old word known from a poem in the Ise Monogatari.