浄じょう瑠る璃り

noun

jōruri; dramatic narrative chanting with shamisen

A traditional Japanese performing art featuring a chanter who narrates a story to shamisen accompaniment, closely associated with bunraku puppet theater.

• 浄じょう瑠る璃りの語かたり手ては太夫たゆうと呼よばれる。

  The narrator in jōruri is called a tayū.

• 文ぶん楽らくでは浄じょう瑠る璃りと人にん形ぎょう遣づかいが一いっ体たいとなって物もの語がたりを進すすめる。

  In bunraku, the jōruri chanting and the puppeteers work together to advance the story.