操あやつり浄じょう瑠る璃り

noun

Japanese puppet theatre; ningyō jōruri

Traditional Japanese puppet theatre with narrative chanting and shamisen music. The term is rare in modern everyday language; 人形浄瑠璃 is the more common synonym.

See also: 人形浄瑠璃

• 操あやつり浄じょう瑠る璃りは、太夫たゆうの語かたりと三味線しゃみせんに合あわせて人にん形ぎょうを操あやつる伝でん統とう芸げい能のうです。

  Ayatsuri jōruri is a traditional performing art in which puppets are manipulated to the narration of a tayū and shamisen music.