鼓こ楼ろう

noun

drum tower; temple drum tower

A tower in a Buddhist temple complex that houses a drum used to mark the time. The reading ころう is standard; くろう is less common.

• この寺てらの鼓こ楼ろうは江え戸ど時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  The drum tower of this temple was built in the Edo period.

• 鼓こ楼ろうの太たい鼓こが時ときを告つげる。

  The drum in the drum tower announces the time.