Drum Tower - Koro

Japanese: 鼓楼 - ころう

〘 noun 〙 A tower in a temple where a drum is hung to tell the time. In the past, it was built opposite a bell tower. Kuro. ※Haiku and Zatsudanshu (1692), Vol. 2 "The moonlit morning when the day's memorial tablet is brought out (Keiseki) The sound is heard in the moss of the reed drum tower (Yangshui)" [Book of the Southern Qi - Wuxing Zhi]

Ku-ro [Drum Tower]

〘Noun〙 ("Ku" is the Go-on pronunciation of "drum") A tower on which a drum was hung to tell the time. In the past, it was built opposite a bell tower. Koro. ※Shakuso Orai (1439-64) "The dormitory and other dormitory buildings, a gate, a side gate, a bell tower, a drum tower (kuro) "

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Japanese:

〘名〙寺院で、時刻を告げるための太鼓をかけておく楼閣。古くは、鐘楼に相対して建てられた。くろう。※俳諧・雑談集（1692）下「当日の位牌くり出す月の朝〈渓石〉萱の皷楼の苔に聞えて〈楊水〉」〔南斉書‐五行志〕