Joruri
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can refer to:
Jōruri is the Hepburn romanization
of the Japanese (kanji
) word. It is spelled Zyôruri in Kunrei-shiki Rōmaji (ISO 3602), and Zyōruri in Nihon-shiki Rōmaji (ISO 3602 Strict).
- Jōruri (music)Jōruri (music)is a form of traditional Japanese narrative music in which a sings to the accompaniment of a shamisen. As a form of storytelling, the emphasis is on the lyrics and narration rather than the music itself....
, a type of sung narrative with shamisen accompaniment, typically found in BunrakuBunraku, also known as Ningyō jōruri , is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater, founded in Osaka in 1684.Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance:* Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai—puppeteers* Tayū—the chanters* Shamisen players...
, a traditional Japanese puppet theatre. - Jōruri (opera), an opera by Japanese composer Miki Minoru.
- Jōruri-ji (浄瑠璃寺), a Buddhist temple near Nara.
Jōruri is the Hepburn romanization
Hepburn romanization
The is named after James Curtis Hepburn, who used it to transcribe the sounds of the Japanese language into the Latin alphabet in the third edition of his Japanese–English dictionary, published in 1887. The system was originally proposed by the in 1885...
of the Japanese (kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
) word. It is spelled Zyôruri in Kunrei-shiki Rōmaji (ISO 3602), and Zyōruri in Nihon-shiki Rōmaji (ISO 3602 Strict).