rakugo

"The festival had played the role of spreading Awa Odori dance in the Kansai region," said Shofukutei Gakko, 55, a "rakugo" comic storyteller from Tokushima Prefecture, the home of the traditional Awa Odori dance.

News On Japan 2009

I translate and write rakugo scripts for them, train them, arrange the performance tour, raise money, produce shows, and take them to perform in front of the audience.

Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007

Kimie is the only woman in her rakugo company, but she has never had any problem asserting her authority.

Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007

Kimie, thirty-four, and a lecturer at Meikai University, first got the idea to perform rakugo when she attended a conference in New Zealand about humor.

Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007

Kimie, who runs her own rakugo troupe, calls it sit-down comedy as opposed to the stand-up comedy of the West.

Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007

They feel I have done something they could never even think of on their own—translate rakugo into English.

Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007

Kyoraku is a master of "rakugo," the ancient Japanese art of humorous storytelling, and usually performs in front of crowded halls in Tokyo or on national TV.

The Seattle Times 2011

The Kyodo News said Enraku's last rakugo performance took place in February 2007 at the National Engei Hall in Tokyo.

The Money Times - finance news, lifestyle, markets, investment, personal finance, banking, retirement planning 2009

These days, things are different and I can’t help but think that women like Haruko, Etsuko, the ballerina, and Kimie, the rakugo comedienne—are the reasons why.

Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007

She’s engaging in rakugo, a three-hundred-year-old Japanese art form.

Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007