浄瑠璃(じょうるり)

じょうるり
noun
joruri; narrative chanting for puppet theater
1. joruri; narrative chanting
A form of dramatic narrative chanting accompanied by shamisen music, traditionally performed as the vocal component of bunraku puppet theater. One of the major traditional performing arts of Japan.
浄瑠璃(じょうるり)を聴(き)きに行(い)った。
I went to listen to joruri.
浄瑠璃(じょうるり)は三味線(しゃみせん)の伴奏(ばんそう)で語(かた)られる。
Joruri is narrated with shamisen accompaniment.
近松門左衛門(ちかまつもんざえもん)は日本(にほん)で最(もっと)も有名(ゆうめい)な浄瑠璃(じょうるり)作者(さくしゃ)の一人(ひとり)だ。
Chikamatsu Monzaemon is one of the most famous joruri playwrights in Japan.

CULTURE:
Joruri is one of the traditional performing arts of Japan, closely associated with bunraku puppet theater. The narrator (called 太夫(たゆう)) chants the story while a shamisen player provides accompaniment. The art form flourished during the Edo period.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 義太夫(ぎだゆう)浄瑠璃(じょうるり) (gidayu-style joruri, the most prominent school)
  • 浄瑠璃(じょうるり)太夫(たゆう) (joruri narrator)
  • 浄瑠璃(じょうるり)を語(かた)る (to narrate joruri)

RELATED:
Closely linked to 文楽(ぶんらく) (bunraku puppet theater), where joruri provides the vocal narration.

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