den-den daiko

The tradition & historical record

The denden-daiko or denden-taiko (でんでん太鼓) is a Japanese children's toy drum, pellet drum, or tambourine attached to a long handle. It has two small bells attached with strings, which strike the drumhead when the handle is shaken. "Denden" is an onomatopoeia for the sound it makes, which gives the toy its name. They were popular during the 17th century. The denden-daiko was derived from the furitsuzumi or fureifuri taiko, a double-sided pellet drum which originated in China and is used in Bugaku music. ¹

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den-den daiko is Japanese hand-held pellet drum, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. ²

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