ningyō jōruri; traditional Japanese puppet theater with shamisen accompaniment
A traditional performing art combining puppetry, narrative chanting (jōruri), and shamisen music. It is the direct predecessor of bunraku, which later became the more common term.
Ningyō jōruri is a traditional performing art considered the forerunner of bunraku.
This museum displays a model of an Edo-period ningyō jōruri stage.