Kusuishi (Drums and Fifes Office)
鼓吹司(くすいし) - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes 横笛を聞く前に、彼にはドラムが聞こえた - 日本語WordNet
Sogishi (Ministry of Funerals): consolidated into Kusuishi (Drums and Fifes Office) of Hyobusho (Ministry of Military) in 808.
喪儀司-808年、兵部省の鼓吹司に統合。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Kusuishi (Office of Drums and Fifes): consolidated into Hyogoryo (Bureau of Military Storehouses) at the age of the Emperor Uda.
鼓吹司-宇多天皇のとき、兵庫寮に統合。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Also, fifes are played in hayashi (the festival music) in Izumi and 'hikiuta' (music for drawing) is inserted into the hayashi in Minamikawachi area.
また、和泉の囃子には笛があり、南河内地域の囃子は「曳き唄」が挿入されている。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Shinabe continued to be abolished one after another, and "the Engishiki" (an ancient book for codes and procedures on national rites and prayers) published in the Heian period shows shinabe existed only under Kusuishi (Drums and Fifes Office).
その後も品戸の廃止が続き、平安時代の『延喜式』には鼓吹司にのみ品部が設置されている。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
Imperial tombs and funeral music were under the jurisdiction of Shoryoshi (Mausolea Office) (Shoryoryo [Bureau of Mausolea]) and Kosuishi (Drums and Fifes Office) respectively, and there was significant crossover between work of Sogishi and that of them, so sogishi was absorbed into Kosuishi in 808.
陵墓は諸陵司(諸陵寮)・送葬音楽は鼓吹司の管轄であったため重なる部分が多く、808年に鼓吹司に併合された。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス
However, as hayashi played in 'hetari' style was becoming established as music, fifes and shamisen were apparently used less and less because they were overcome by the heavy sound of the gongs.
だが、「へたり」で囃子が音楽として確立されていくと、笛や三味線は鉦の大音響に負けるため、用いなくなったと言い伝えられている。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス