Da daiko

Da daiko the great drum of Japan, used in gagaku and on rare occasions also in bugaku. The slightly barrel-shaped body is some 1½ m. (5 ft.) long, with heads projecting beyond the body, their diam. being ca. 180 cm. (6 ft.). The heads are stretched on hoops and laced. The da daiko rests on a stand or is suspended in a frame and struck with 2 heavy lacquered beaters, always in left-right sequence. It corresponds to the Chin. tsin ku and the Korean chin ko (135, 157). Sort…