jōruri, type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
瑠璃【るり】
lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli (color), beryl, mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail), glass
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)
