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San'yūtei Enraku V
was a Japanese rakugo comedian best known for Master of Ceremonies, hosting the ''Shōten'' comedy show on Nippon TV. His comedic career spanned several decades. He was born and at the time used Enraku as his stage name. He was known using the Japanese comedic style of rakugo, in which a single performer or Storytelling, storyteller appears on Stage (theatre), stage and tells comedic stories to the audience. Enraku's last public rakugo performance took place at the National Theatre of Japan, National Engei Hall in Tokyo in February 2007. Sanyutei Enraku died of lung cancer on October 29, 2009, at the age of 76. References 1932 births 2009 deaths Deaths from lung cancer Rakugoka 20th-century comedians {{Japan-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakugo
is a form of ''yose'', which is itself a form of Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone sits on a raised platform, a . Using only a and a as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical (or sometimes sentimental) story. The story always involves the dialogue of two or more characters. The difference between the characters is depicted only through change in pitch, tone, and a slight turn of the head. Lexical background Rakugo was originally known as . The oldest appearance of the kanji which refers specifically to this type of performance dates back to 1787, but at the time the characters themselves (落とし噺) were normally read as ''otoshibanashi'' (falling discourse). In the middle of the Meiji period (1868–1912) the expression ''rakugo'' first started being used, and it came into common usage only in the Shōwa period (1926–1989). Description The speaker is in the middle of the audience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |