M. W. Shores

Comic Storytelling of Western Japan (eBook, ePUB)

Satire and Social Mobility in Kamigata Rakugo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Rakugo, a popular form of comic storytelling, has played a major role in Japanese culture and society. Developed during the Edo (1600-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) periods, it is still popular today, with many contemporary Japanese comedians having originally trained as rakugo artists. Rakugo is divided into two distinct strands, the Tokyo tradition and the Osaka tradition, with the latter having previously been largely overlooked. This pioneering study of the Kamigata (Osaka) rakugo tradition presents the first complete English translation of five classic rakugo stories, and offers a history of comic storytelling in Kamigata (modern Kansai, Kinki) from the seventeenth century to the present day. Considering the art in terms of gender, literature, performance, and society, this volume grounds Kamigata rakugo in its distinct cultural context and sheds light on the 'other' rakugo for students and scholars of Japanese culture and history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108912693
• Artikelnr.: 66183240

Autorenporträt

M. W. Shores is a Lecturer of Japanese at The University of Sydney, and has been a Fellow of Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge. Shores has spent over a decade in Japan for research and apprenticeships with two of Kamigata rakugo's respected practitioners, Katsura Bunshi V and Hayashiya Somemaru IV.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Preface: COVID-19 and Tenugui Face Masks
Introduction
Part I. 1. Kamigata, Osaka
2. The History of Kamigata Rakugo
3. What Constitutes a Kamigata Rakugo Story?
4. Geidan: An Interview with Hayashiya Somemaru IV (1949¿)
5. Conclusion
Part II. 6. Five Kamigata Rakugo Classics.