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	English-Rakugo What's Rakugo(E)
		It is because of Kusuguri, the jab of laughter.
		The Rakugo performer must bring the audience into the imaginary story employing their techniques or artistic skills during Hanashi to surprise the audience when they meet the punch line at the end of story.
		Rakugo is a unique form of story telling which includes comedy and play as well as art.
	www.english-rakugo.com /english_version/english_what.html (1252 words)

	Rakugo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The speaker is in the middle of the audience, and his purpose is to stimulate the general hilarity with sharp speaking and body gestures, creating a relationship with the audience which is at the core of the show itself.
		During the Edo era (1603-1867), thanks to the emergence of the merchant class of the Chonin, the rakugo spread among the lower classes.
		Before the advent of modern rakugo there were the kobanashi (small stories), short comical vignettes ending with an ochi, popular between the 17th and the 19th century, told and enacted in small public venues, or in the streets, and printed and sold as pamphlets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rakugo (807 words)

	JAPAN ECHO - OZU CENTENNIAL Vol. 31, No. 2 - Rakugo: Japan’s Talking Art
		Rakugo is classified as a kind of yose, a form of Japanese vaudeville—named for the type of theater in which it is traditionally performed—that also includes such popular traditional entertainments as the comic dialogue manzai and juggling.
		Rakugo has evolved over the centuries as a male genre, complete with male habits of speech and mannerisms that would seem incongruous coming from a woman, and to adapt stories and their performance to a woman’s speech and mannerisms also poses major challenges.
		There are also humorous rakugo narratives with strong elements of ninjô-banashi, including “Yodogorô,” in which a novice kabuki actor, scorned by a veteran actor he is performing with for his inept rendering of a suicide, considers actually killing himself on stage, and in the process finds the emotional resources to deliver a superb performance.
	www.japanecho.co.jp /sum/2004/310217.html (4003 words)

	kontext
		Rakugo is a form of comical storytelling where a Rakugoka creates an imaginary drama through narration and skillful use of articulation and facial express to show various characters.
		Rakugo in the 1920s to World War II Movies and other western forms of entertainment gradually lured away the Rakugo audience during the 1920's and 1930's just before the "Pacific War" (translation of the Japanese phrase for World War II).
		Rakugo has two faces: one as a traditional art passing down stories of the past and the other as a form of entertainment.
	www.asa.de /research/kontext/begriffe/story.htm (3466 words)

	Traditional Japanese Comedy Performed in Sign Language
		"Rakugo", a Japanese sit-down style of comic story telling, is one aspect of the traditional culture that has been verbally passed down through generations.
		He was always thinking, "Sign Language Rakugo can become the deaf culture in a true sense, only when we can make deaf people laugh." Such efforts were recognized and he was promoted to be a professional Rakugoka with hearing disability for the first time in Japan.
		He was highly appreciated, as "Rakugo is a culture that has a real Japanese taste and since it is performed in sign language, it means that Japan has a true deaf culture, which is wonderful." This gave Ippuku a strong self-confidence.
	www.disabilityworld.org /01-03_04/arts/rakugo.shtml (1188 words)

	Print
		Rakugo is a traditional form of Japanese performing arts with a long history dating back to the end of 17th century.
		Rakugo is a traditional form of performing art with a long history dating back to the end of 17th century.
		Started producing Rakugo in English as one of her research contributions in 1997, and succeeded in the USA tour in 1998, Singapore tour in 1999, Singapore / Malaysia tour in 2000 and Australia tour in 2001.
	www.tatnews.org /common/print.asp?id=1553 (946 words)

	Refreshing 'rakugo' - Oct. 05, 2003
		Rakugo is an art form that integrates narration, music and dancing borne out of pre-modern Japan's political conditions.
		Rakugo is a class by itself, distinct from the traditional, serious plays of kabuki and noh that are famous Japanese cultural fare.
		I suspect that, given the Japanese veneration of their leaders (note the divine attributes of the Japanese emperor and the high sense of duty among officialdom and ordinary Japanese, among whom harakiri, or suicide for failure to do one's duty, is a common expression), the political commentary is subdued.
	www.inq7.net /opi/2003/oct/05/opi_commentary1-1.htm (1087 words)

	neomarxisme: Recycling Clichés: Rakugo vs. Stella
		Rakugo performers sometimes write their own material, but not usually until becoming a certified master of the art.
		Rakugo and the entire idea of intergenerational humor presupposes that social ideals and norms are stable and conservative.
		In the world of rakugo, clichés are not things to be burned at the stake, but they represent what is funny now and what has always been funny - from the beginning of the world to the end of time.
	www.pliink.com /mt/marxy/archives/000834.html (2607 words)

	Rakugo
		The performance, by a troupe of professional Rakugo actors and musicians from Osaka, Japan, has English and Japanese translations.
		Rakugo is a form of dramatic and comic storytelling that includes centuries-old narratives as well as modern comic inventions.
		The Rakugo in English USA Tour '98 is sponsored by The Japan Foundation, United Airlines, and the Foreign Educational Service, with additional support from the Japan Society for Humor and Laughter Studies.
	www.calstatela.edu /univ/ppa/newsrel/rakugo.htm (322 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features
		Employing only a folding fan and hand towel, the rakugo artist sits on a cushion in the middle of a stage and tries to capture the audience's imagination with pantomimes, facial expressions, and funny stories.
		In rakugo, the skill is all in the imagination in the artist's skill in drawing on the imagination of the audience.
		In rakugo, the props and makeup are spare: the towel and fan are for symbolic use.
	starbulletin.com /96/05/30/features/story3.html (545 words)

	The Hindu : Entertainment Delhi / Theatre : Sitting down to laugh, Japanese style
		Usually, Rakugo pupils complete their training in two to four years and it is only with the master's permission that a student becomes a Rakugo performer.
		The short presentation, apart from underlining that women now were very much a part of the Rakugo scene in Japan, brought home to us some of the essential elements of the form that she had talked about earlier.
		It is almost impossible for a person not that familiar with the acting techniques of Rakugo to go into the details of artistic achievements of the performers, all of whom, particularly Katsura Asakichi and Kastura Kaishi, two senior Rakugo actors, have marvellous voice control and used it to great advantage.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fr/2005/09/09/stories/2005090902160300.htm (704 words)

	KAKUSHOW.COM
		Rakugo, a traditional form of performing art, dates back to the end of the 17tth century.
		A Rakugo performer is usually equipped with a Sensu(fan) and Tenugui(hand towel) which aid the performer express and act out the story.
		An aspiring Rakugo student has to ask a popular Rakugo performer to be his mentor.
	www.kakushow.com /e-abtrakugo.html (302 words)

	AAS Abstracts: Japan Session 163 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In traditional rakugo training, masters teach their disciples a story by reciting it for them three times and hearing the disciple recite it back.
		The accessibility of commercial rakugo tapes (and tapes made illicitly at live performances) has created a new subculture of rakugo fans centered on producing and sharing rakugo documentation.
		No two live rakugo performances are ever the same, but on a recording, the listener hears the same performance over and over.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1995abst/japan/jses163.htm (1552 words)

	Stars & Stripes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rakugo — comic storytelling, or as some people call it, “sit-down” comedy — is a form of Japanese humor with roots said to extend to the end of the 16th century.
		Rakugo is a form of monologue in which the storyteller, the rakugoka, using gestures, facial and vocal expressions, narrates a tale confined to conversations between people.
		Rakugo’s long history also was important because she needed to prove it was a form of humor original to Japan.
	www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=140&article=23237 (916 words)

	English rakugo for cultural exchange : The Language Connection : Features : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For Kaishi, performing English rakugo means fulfilling two of his youthful dreams at one time--entertaining people and using English at work.
		In 1998, when he was in his third year as a rakugo storyteller, he learned that the Japan Society for Laughter and Humor Studies planned to introduce Japanese humor to foreign audiences.
		It was a shame because we have 400 years of rakugo and it has hundreds of intriguing stories," he said.
	www.yomiuri.co.jp /dy/features/language/20061130TDY16002.htm (1183 words)

	Performing Arts in Japan (Classical Theater, Modern Drama, Dance, Rakugo and Manzai)
		A more intimate form of Japanese dance, designed for performance in a relatively small space and to be seen at close range, was developed from the mid-eighteenth century onward by professional female entertainers known as geisha and may be seen today in such forms as kyomai.
		It began in the seventeenth century as a form of entertainment for townspeople held in the precincts of temples and shrines; proper yose theaters appeared in the late eighteenth century.
		Rakugo is one of the most popular types of yose and is a comic monologue that begins with a prologue know as the makura and ends with a punch line called the ochi.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/japan/pro-performing_arts.htm (790 words)

	Rakugo and Japanese Culture \| News \| Baruch
		Rakugo is interesting because when you think about Japanese culture you don’t think about humor—and rakugo is all about humor.”
		The stories must be strategically structured.” In Fall 2004, Watanabe received a Whiting Foundation Teaching Fellowship, which recognizes teaching excellence and which allowed her a semester off to devote to her research in this area.
		Watanabe is quick to point out that however stylized rakugo might seem it survives today because there is improvisation.
	www.baruch.cuny.edu /news/japanese_standup.htm (735 words)

	The Laughing Buddha Lounge
		In addition to being a talented rakugo performer and an accomplished public speaker, he is also skilled in other forms of comedy ranging from mandan stories to konto skits and runs his own private detective agency.
		When she was a international communications student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she joined the International Humor Society and invited rakugo performer Shofukutei Kakusho to help her make a presentation on Japanese humor in 1997.
		That's when she discovered, as have other performers, that rakugo can transcend national boundaries and be enjoyed all over the world.
	groups.msn.com /TheLaughingBuddhaLounge/links.msnw (1435 words)

	Tiger & Dragon [タイガー＆ドラゴン] :: jdorama.com
		Rakugo is an old form of entertainment dating from quite a long time ago that consists in telling old tales in front of an audience and rendering them interesting.
		In this series, Rakugo is being taken to a new level as it merges with more actual stories in a different way.
		Each episode focuses on a different rakugo story and it was surprising that because of this factor, the series still didn't seem episodic, but still proceeded at a nice pace.
	jdorama.com /drama.938.htm (3515 words)

	Laughing Japan: Practicing Rakugo
		Rakugo is one of the most classical forms of Japanese comedy.
		While many young people might not be too much interested in rakugo, since it's not "cool" at all, you will probably find a rakugo-club at every bigger university.
		For me, rakugo is still not easy to understand, due to the old-fashioned language.
	tillchan.typepad.com /laughing/2006/08/practicing_raku.html (528 words)

	TSUMURA,Tomoaki: Rakugo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For example, when the Rakugo performer says ``Oh, a bird is flying in the sky!'', you should imagine and see a bird flying in the sky.
		Rakugo performer often changes his direction while his Rakugo performance.
		Kobanashi-s are very very short version of Rakugo, and Rakugo performers often play them as a pre-performance of Rakugo.
	roguelife.org /~tsumura/rakugo/index-e.html (220 words)

	Rakugo Performance - Faculty of Asian Studies
		Yose theatre is a Japanese-style vaudeville performance, which began in the 17th Century as a form of entertainment for townspeople, usually held on the grounds of temples and shrines.
		Later when the stories entered the secular world, they retained some of their religious origins, which is why some rakugo stories are peopled with ogres and demons from the Buddhist hell, or even poke fun at pompous priests.
		The first Rakugo performance of the evening, entitled 「紙入(かみい)れ」“The Wallet” was all about a young man who accidentally leaves his wallet at his married lover’s house.
	asianstudies.anu.edu.au /weblog/index.php?/archives/58-Rakugo-Performance.html (618 words)

	Hazel (ヘイゼル): Animenut » Rakugo Tennyo Oyui
		Rakugo is the traditional Japanese art of storytelling, also called hanashi.
		A rakugo is typically a humourous story with a punchline.
		The subjects of rakugo are sometimes dramatic, about everyday people, ghost stories or parodies of kabuki.
	hazel.animeblogger.net /?cat=37 (457 words)

	Nichi-Bei News: Rakugo at the Sackler (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Or should it be called "sit-down comedy?" It is the venerable tradition of rakugo.
		Rakugo demands tremendous versatility from solo performers who portray dozens of comic characters drawn from a repertoire of more than three hundred traditional and original stories.
		The November 5 performance features stars from the Rakugo Arts Association, including the comedian Sanshotei Charaku and Japanese television legend Katsura Utamaru.
	nichi-bei.blogspot.com.cob-web.org:8888 /2006/10/rakugo-at-sackler.html (148 words)

	Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur
		RAKUGO apprentices or “Deshi” must stay for three or four years with the Master either in Tokyo or Osaka.
		English Rakugo performances are most welcomed abroad because of the language used deepen the understanding of this traditional performing art among foreign audiences.
		Started to produce Rakugo in English as part of her research in 1997, and had a successful USA Tour in 1998.
	www.jfkl.org.my /events/events_body.php?id=102 (766 words)

	AnimeNation News
		I must admit that a question about the use of rakugo characteristics or references in anime is a question that I'd normally decline to address.
		The rakugo performer tells humorous or satirical stories, acting out different character's dialogue with different mannerisms and facial expressions, and employing wordplay and carefully timed punchlines to give a personal interpretation to the humor.
		But rakugo conventions in anime, I think, are something that most American anime fans aren't aware of, and don't notice.
	www.animenation.net /news/askjohn.php?id=1363 (824 words)

	Upcoming.org: English Rakugo: Ofuku Yose at Peoples Improv Theater (Sunday, August 21, 2005)
		Rakugo is a 500 year-old form of comedic Japanese storytelling that is still popular today.
		Ofuku Yose has been translating and performing rakugo in English, in Osaka, Japan, for seven years, although some members have over 30 years of rakugo experience.
		There will also be a workshop at the end of the performance, in which the audience can get a chance to try rakugo for themselves.
	upcoming.org /event/26250 (248 words)

	Katha Home Page
		Rakugo can be best described as a Japanese sit-down comedy of comic
		A Rakugo artist wears a traditional Japanese formal dress (kimono),
		In Rakugo, one performer plays the role of each distinct character by
	www.katha.org /Rakugo.htm (243 words)

	Rakugo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rakugo, unlike the rarefied styles of Kabuki and Noh, is a traditional entertainment that tells the trials and tribulations of ordinary people.
		It is truly a popular art form having grown from the desire of the common man to entertain his fellows.
		On a tour, it is sometime tempting to use taped music, but Koharudanji will be accompanied by traditional Rakugo duet who will ensure a more authentic ambiance.
	www.montreal.ca.emb-japan.go.jp /en/culture/rakugo.htm (344 words)

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