To provide a drum holding structure that does not impair the resonance feature or the sound quality that the drum originally possesses, that is free of occurrence of strains or twists in the drum constituents despite a long term of use, and that is excellent in terms of workability, and a drum held by the holding structure.A holding structure for fixing a drum 1 to a drum holding rod 9, in which an elongated plate-like holder member 3 extending circumferentially is held by, out of a plurality of bottom-side lugs 2 and 2A arranged on the bottom side of the drum 1, at least two successive prescribed bottom-side lugs 2A arranged circumferentially. The holder member 3 is provided with a bracket member 4 for the drum holding rod 9 to thereby hold the drum 1.