Yagura Taiko - Yagura Taiko

This drum is placed on top of a 16-meter-tall tower that is built at a sumo ring. In the Edo period, there were no news media, so the drums were used to announce sumo events to the town. Also, to announce the time when the wrestlers were to enter the ring, the first drum, the second drum, and so on were beaten early in the morning, according to rank. However, nowadays, the drums are beaten in different ways, such as "Yosedaiko" to call in the audience, and "Hanedaiko" when the day's performance is over.

[Masao Ikeda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

相撲(すもう)場に建てられる高さ約16メートルの櫓の上に置かれる太鼓。江戸時代は報道機関がないため、太鼓をたたき相撲興行を市中に知らせた。また、力士の場所入りの時間を報知するため、早朝から一番太鼓・二番太鼓と階級別に知らせたが、いまは客をよぶ「寄せ太鼓」、その日の興行が終わった「はね太鼓」など、違った太鼓の打ち方をする。

［池田雅雄］

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