Sanpo refers to three offices for musicians which were Kyoto-ho (the Imperial court), Nanto-ho (Kofuku-ji Temple), and Tennoji-ho (Shitenno-ji Temple) and the term "sanpo" is also used as a collective name for these offices for those that existed before the Edo period. |
三方とは京都方(宮廷)、南都方(興福寺)、天王寺方(四天王寺)のそれぞれの楽所を指し、これらの総称として江戸以前についても用いる。 |