Friday, March 18, 2016

Rakugo-traditional Japanese comic storytelling

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Rakugo is traditional Japanese comic storytelling.

A single performer plays several ddifferent characters.

Thery are proffessional storyteller.

They use “sensu”, a handheld fan, and a “tenugui”, a small hand towel,

to represent various object in stories .

For example, chopsticks, a stick.

Some proffessional rakugo performer plays in English.

Many Japanese universities have Rakugo clubs, and

you can learn Rakugo.

To be a proffessional Rakugo performer , you have to

get appreticeship with a master.