人形浄瑠璃
にんぎょうじょうるり
- Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku) n
Kanji
人
ジン • ニン
ひと • -り • -と
person
形
ケイ • ギョウ
かた • -がた • かたち • なり
shape; form; style
浄
ジョウ • セイ
きよ.める • きよ.い
clean; purify; cleanse; exorcise; Manchu Dynasty
瑠
ル • リュウ
lapis lazuli
璃
リ
glassy; lapis lazuli
Synonyms
浄瑠璃
じょうるり
- jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater) n
文楽
ぶんらく
- Japanese puppet theatre (theater); bunraku n