素す語がたり

noun

reciting without shamisen accompaniment

A style of narrative performance, typically in traditional Japanese storytelling such as jōruri, where the chanter performs without the usual shamisen music.

• 素す語がたりは、三味線しゃみせんの伴ばん奏そうなしで語かたられる浄じょう瑠る璃りの一いち形けい式しきです。

  Sugatari is a form of jōruri recited without shamisen accompaniment.