Unra - Unra

Japanese: 雲鑼 - うんら

〘Noun〙 A modern Chinese percussion instrument. Ten gongs are hung in a lattice-shaped wooden frame and are struck with a wooden mallet. In Japan, it is used in Ming and Qing music. Unra . ※Fuzoku Gaho, Issue 104 (1895), Yugeimon " The Unra consists of ten bronze drums and is similar to the Changgiri used in Japan. It is placed next to the person striking the xylophone and is struck occasionally between beats."

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Japanese:

〘名〙中国近代の打楽器。一〇個の鉦(かね)を格子形の木枠の中につったもので、木製の小槌(こづち)で打ち鳴らす。日本では明清楽(みんしんがく)に用いる。雲璈(うんごう)。※風俗画報‐一〇四号（1895）遊芸門「雲鑼(ウンラ)は十個の銅鼓より成りたるものにて是又本邦にて用ゆる（チャンギリ）と云ふものに類似し木琴を打つもの側に建て置き時々拍子間に鳴らすなり」

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