also: くろう
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.
The drum tower of this temple was built in the Edo period.
The drum in the drum tower announces the time.
Standard kanji spelling for this Buddhist architectural term.
Alternate reading; ころう is more common.
From Chinese 鼓樓／鼓楼 (gǔlóu), literally 'drum tower'. The reading ころう is the go-on reading; くろう is the kan-on reading.