Descending Stories|Anime
Rakugo is one of Japan’s popular performing arts and is the art of sitting alone to perform comical or humorous stories. The story is told through the dialogue and gestures of the characters, and is characterized by an ending called a “sage” at the end of the story.Rakugo is said to have originated with Anrakuan Sakuden, the author of “Seisuisho,” an early Edo period...