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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Katsura Sunshine (section Rakugo)
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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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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Hōsei Tsukitei (section Rakugo (2008–present))
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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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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Kairakutei Black I (redirect from Henry Black (rakugo))
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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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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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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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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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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Botan Dōrō (section Rakugo version)
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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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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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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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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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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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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Shōfukutei Shōko) is a Japanese comedian, ventriloquist, professional rakugo performer (Japanese traditional comedy), actor, and speaker based in Melbourne...
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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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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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born 11 December 1970, in Negishi, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese rakugo comedian and tarento. His debayashi is "Matsuri-bayashi". He is sometimes...
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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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surpass in popularity the styles of the former period, although at the time rakugo was still considered the more popular form of entertainment. With the end...
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apprenticeship to rakugo master Hayashiya Shōzō the Second (ja:林家正蔵#2代目). Fuku (ふく生) (1912-04-09). 怪談の正童(2) [Shōdō, virtuoso of horror rakugo (2)]. Yomiuri...
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Tatekawa (立川 談志, 2 December 1935 – 21 November 2011) was a popular Japanese Rakugo entertainer from Koishikawa, Tokyo. Born Katsuyoshi Matsuoka (松岡 克由), he...
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