san no tsuzumi

drum

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The san no tsuzumi is a type of tsuzumi, which is a family of Japanese two-headed drums with hourglass-shaped bodies. This particular drum is the only surviving form of the three types of tsuzumi used in ancient Japanese court orchestra music. It is still found today in the komagaku style, which is courtly music of Japanese, Korean, and other non-Chinese, non-Indian ancestry. The tsuzumi is related to the Korean changgo, another hourglass-shaped, two-headed drum.1

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… drums, of which only the san no tsuzumi form survives in komagaku style (courtly music of Japanese, Korean, and other non-Chinese, non-Indian ancestry). The tsuzumi is related to the Korean changgo, a large hourglass-shaped, two-headed drum.
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… drums, of which only the san no tsuzumi form survives in komagaku style (courtly music of Japanese, Korean, and other non-Chinese, non-Indian ancestry). The tsuzumi is related to the Korean changgo, a large hourglass-shaped, two-headed drum.
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