八雲琴

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くも
Grade: 2
こと
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 八雲 (yakumo, eight or eightfold clouds) +‎ (koto, a koto, a zither) The name is derived from the ancient poem

八雲(やくも)()出雲八重垣妻籠(いづもやえがきつまご)みに八重垣作(やえがきつく)るその八重垣(やえがき)

yakumo tatsu Izumo yaegaki tsumagomi ni yaegaki tsukuru sono yaegaki wo
At Izumo where eightfold clouds rise, an eightfold fence, I build an eightfold fence to conceal my bride, that eightfold fence...

from the Kojiki.

Noun[edit]

()(くも)(こと) (yakumokoto

  1. (music) A two stringed zither developed in the late Edo period.