読どく手しゅ

noun

reader (in competitive karuta); reciter

Specifically the person who reads the poem cards aloud in competitive karuta. Not a general word for 'reader'.

See also: 読み手 (よみて)

• 大たい会かいでは、読どく手しゅが百ひゃく人にん一いっ首しゅを読よみ上あげる。

  At the tournament, the reader recites the Hyakunin Isshu poems.