Duck - Duck

Japanese: 鼗 - とう

A type of drum in China, Korea, and Japan. It is also written as 霉 or 鞀, and in China as 霉羅. In Japan, it is sometimes written as 鞀鼓, but is also called furi tsuzumi or den daiko. A handle is inserted into a small, round-bodied, double-sided drum, and two short strings are tied to the body, with small balls attached to the ends. The handle is turned to strike the leather surface with the balls. A four-faced drum with two bodies stacked on top of each other is called lu zi, one with three is called lei zi, and one with four is called ling zi. In China, it is mentioned in documents such as the Book of Rites and the Analects, and was used in gagaku from the Han Dynasty until recent years.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，朝鮮，日本の太鼓の一種。鞉，鞀とも書き，中国では鞉牢とも記した。日本では鞀鼓と記したこともあるが，振鼓（ふりつづみ），でんでん太鼓ともいう。小型の丸胴の両面太鼓に柄を差し通し，胴に結びつけた短い2本のひもの先端に小さい球をつけて，柄を回して球で革面を打ち鳴らす。二つの胴を上下に重ねた4革面のものを路鼗，三つのものを雷鼗，四つのものを霊鼗という。中国では《礼記（らいき）》《論語》などの文献に記されており，漢以後近年まで雅楽に使用された。

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