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Chapter 5 - Five Kamigata Rakugo Classics

from Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2021

M. W. Shores
M. W. Shores
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
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In Part II, five Kamigata classics – Kuchi ireya (Employment Agency), Hichidanme (Act Seven), Hyakunenme (Hundredth Year), Tachigire senkō (Time’s Up Incense), and Tako shibai (Octopus Kabuki) – are presented in English translation. Through this small selection, readers will be able to observe special elements that are associated with the art. All these are merchant stories. All the stories selected for this chapter are unmistakably ‘Kamigata’ in that they are energetic and musical, not to mention other points. The stories also provide entertaining illustrations of how merchants are targeted by rakugo humor.

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Kamigata rakugo in translationclassic storiesKuchi ireyaHichidanmeHyakunenmeTachigire senkōTako shibai
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The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan
Satire and Social Mobility in Kamigata Rakugo
 , pp. 161 - 223
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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