Rakugo　落語

Rakugo is a type of traditional Japanese storytelling that was established in Japan during the Edo period and has been handed down to this day. The speaker tells many funny stories about the lives of ordinary people in Edo, and at the end he gives a punchline. A speaker in a kimono sits alone on a cushion in the center of the stage and uses fans and towels to speak the lines of many characters using different voice tones. The speaker is trained, and if his / her ability is recognized, he / she will be certified as “Shinuchi”, or the maste

落語は江戸時代の日本で成立し、現在まで伝承されている伝統的な話芸の一種です。話者は江戸時代の庶民の生活にまつわる数々の話をおもしろおかしく、最後には「落ち」をつけて話します。着物姿の話者がひとりで舞台の中央の座布団に座り、扇子や手ぬぐいなどを用い、多くの登場人物のセリフを声のトーンを使い分けながら話します。話者は修行を積み、実力が認められると「真打ち」に認定されます。