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    Rakugo (落語, literally 'story with a fall') is a form of Japanese verbal comedy, traditionally performed in yose theatres. The lone storyteller (落語家, rakugoka)...
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  • Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (昭和元禄落語心中, Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, "Flourishing Shōwa – Rakugo Double Suicide") is a Japanese manga...
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  • Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Haruko...
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  • Rakugo Story (落語物語, Rakugo monogatari) is a Japanese film, released in 2012. Directed by Shinpei Hayashiya. The film centres on the Japanese art of "sit...
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    Sanshain, born Gregory Robic, 6 April 1970) is a Canadian traditional Japanese rakugo comic storyteller, theatre producer, and television personality, currently...
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  • Akane-banashi (category Rakugo)
    reach the highest rank in rakugo, partly to avenge her father, who was expelled from the profession six years earlier. The rakugo in the series is supervised...
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  • Jugemu (category Rakugo)
    Jugemu (寿限無/じゅげむ) is a famous rakugo story, a form of Japanese spoken entertainment. It has a simple story, with the most humorous part being the repetition...
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    Hōsei Yamasaki (山崎 邦正, Yamasaki Hōsei) is a Japanese solo comedian and rakugo performer, signed with Yoshimoto Kogyo. He is best known for being one of...
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  • television and radio programs. Ebina was born in Taitō, Tokyo as a child of a rakugo performer Hayashiya Sanpei I and a novelist Kayoko Ebina. She established...
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  • Rakugo Eiga (らくごえいが) is a 2012 Japanese omnibus film directed by Mikihiro Endō, Issei Matsui, and Yūichirō Sakashita. In 2017, this film was nominated...
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    Bunshi VI (六代 桂 文枝, Rokudai Katsura Bunshi), is a Japanese TV presenter and rakugo artist. His former stage name was Katsura Sanshi (桂 三枝, Katsura Sanshi)...
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    Nidaime Katsura Shijaku, August 13, 1939 – April 19, 1999) was a Japanese rakugo performer of the late 20th century, who often performed in English. He was...
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    1884, Botan Dōrō was adapted by famous storyteller San'yūtei Enchō into a rakugo, which increased the popularity of the tale.[4] In order to achieve a greater...
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    and Black took up rakugo in defiance of his mother and brother, who felt it was not only undignified but also unstable work. The rakugo master, Sanyutei...
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  • San'yūtei Enraku, February 8, 1950 – September 30, 2022) was a Japanese rakugo comedian known for performing on the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. Born...
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  • Genroku Rakugo Shinjū in reference to its historical recitation by dancers in Japanese red-light districts. In Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju...
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    Japanese rakugo comedian best known for performing on the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in...
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    lacquerware, swords and dolls; performances of bunraku, kabuki, noh, dance, and rakugo; and other practices, the tea ceremony, ikebana, martial arts, calligraphy...
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    Japanese rakugo comedian best known for hosting the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. He is known as a master of the Japanese comic art of rakugo, in which...
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    Japanese author and rakugo performer of the late Edo and early Meiji eras. He was the founder and head of the Sanyuu school [ja] of rakugo, and is considered...
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    Shōten to receive ten zabuton is declared the winner. Zabuton are used in rakugo by both the performer and the audience. Before adopting Western-style chairs...
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    such as Kōdan, Rōkyoku, Rakugo, and other varieties. Over the years, a notable convergence occurred between Yose and Rakugo, with the two becoming increasingly...
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  • Rakugo Tennyo Oyui (落語天女おゆい, Rakugo Tennyo Oyui) is a 12-episode Japanese anime television series animated by TNK. The story revolves around Tsukishima...
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    shinigami were talked about, and shinigami were even depicted in classical rakugo. Although the shinigami were misunderstood as a kind of Japanese yōkai or...
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  • Joshiraku (category Rakugo)
    Joshiraku (Japanese: じょしらく, lit. "Rakugo Girls") is a Japanese comedy manga series written by Kōji Kumeta and illustrated by Yasu, telling the everyday...
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  • Shōfukutei Shōko) is a Japanese comedian, ventriloquist, professional rakugo performer (Japanese traditional comedy), actor, and speaker based in Melbourne...
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    San'yūtei Enraku, December 29, 1932 - October 29, 2009) was a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for hosting the Shōten comedy show on Nippon TV. His...
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    (講談, Kōdan) "Emotional stories" (人情噺, Ninjō-banashi) "Comic stories" (落語, Rakugo) "Magic Arts" (手品, Tejina) "Shadow theatre" (写し絵, Utsushi-e) "Imitation...
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  • script; kanteiryū, often used on flyers for performances such as kabuki and rakugo; and yosemoji, a mix of chōchinmoji and kanteiryū. Chōchinmoji (提灯文字) characters...
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    ghosts and yūrei), or evil spirits. In the San-yūtei Enchō of classical rakugo, there was a programme titled "Shinigami", but this was something that was...
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