The Canary English Rakugo Company presented traditional Japanese comic storytelling at the Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo on Aug. 15, the first day of the Nisei Week Japanese Festival.
Rakugo, which has a 400-year history, features a lone storyteller dressed in a kimono. He or she kneels on a cushion and uses only a fan and hand towel for props. The story often involves playing multiple characters.
The introduction was given by Kanariya Eiraku (Tatsuya Sudo), whose stage name means “English is fun.” He started English rakugo classes in Tokyo in 2007.
Eiraku performed “Time Noodles,” in which a man goes to a noodle stand and uses a trick to cheat the proprietor when paying the bill. Another man watches and tries to do the same thing the next day, with unfortunate results.
The members of his troupe performed the following stories:
Yuntaku — “A God of Death,” in which a poor man is accusing of earning too little money by his wife and tries to kill himself. He meets the God of Death and learns how to make money from him.
Shichimi — “The Raccoon Dog that Returned the Favor,” in which a man helps a tanuki being bullied by mischievous kids. When the tanuki comes to the man’s house to return the favor, the man asks the tanuki, which has magical powers, to turn into money to repay a debt.
Edamame — “Shiba Beach,” in which a fishmonger who does not work very hard picks up a large amount of money at Shiba Beach and decides not to work, much to the embarrassment of his wife.
Tanekichi — “The Zoo,” in which a man who often changes jobs because of laziness is recommended to work at a zoo. He accepts the offer and starts to work at the zoo, then faces something unexpected.
Kappa —?“Long-Tempered vs. Short-Tempered,” in which two men of different temperaments often fight but are still good friends.
Kosei —?“A Heron Hunter,” in which a hunter catches a lot of herons (sagi) when they are asleep. When they wake up, they decide to fly into the sky.
One of the scheduled storytellers, Ichirin, was unable to attend.
The troupe did two shows the following day at Opus Music in Torrance. In the Bay Area, they appeared at the San Mateo Japanese American Community Center on Aug. 12 and the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California in San Francisco on Aug. 13.
Furutani, Ryu Laud Efforts to Preserve Historic Sites
Apple is now the first U.S. company to be worth $2 trillion dollars
Steve Carell describes the 'emotional torture' of leaving 'The Office'
You'll have to switch to the new Facebook look in September
Community Marks Regional Connector Mid
Spotify is launching an official 'League of Legends' podcast
Video shows LG Wing's rotating secondary screen in action
'Tenet' is a spy thriller that makes the audience work hard: Review
At Manzanar, Diverse Voices Find Common Ground
Teslas might get a sensor that detects a child left in a hot car
OBITUARY: Richard Fukuhara, 74; Community Leader, Creator of ‘Shadows for Peace’
Twitter flags another lying, rule
Netflix is testing a Shuffle Play feature again
Zoom is down in some parts of the U.S.
JACL: Don’t Compare WWII Incarceration to Sexual Misconduct Allegation
'Tenet' reviews are in. Here's what the critics are saying.
How to help victims of the California wildfires now
HBO's 'The Vow' is a cautionary look at the NXIVM cult's downfall
API Incumbents Do Well in Legislative Races; Mixed Results for Other Candidates
Everything coming to Hulu in September 2020
Nisei Week Holds Ondo, Closing CeremonyFun at Family FestivalEthereum Whale Withdraws Over $90 Million Worth of ETH, Investors Purchase VC Spectra in BulkFaith UMC’s Annual Matsuri This SaturdayAlisa Lynch Retiring from National Park ServiceTorrance to Host 45th Annual Excellence in Arts AwardsWakamatsu Pilgrimage Set for Oct. 7Ethereum Whale Withdraws Over $90 Million Worth of ETH, Investors Purchase VC Spectra in BulkDelicious Little Tokyo to Focus on Cuisine & CultureJANM Mourns Passing of Nisei Artist Hisako Terasaki People from both sides of Strait celebrate hero Chinese mainland to stop tariff exemption on certain Taiwan farm produce Huntington Beach Gives Update on Wintersburg Fire Investigation Taiwan authorities' provocations to blame for cancellation of zero Both sides of Taiwan Strait pay tributes to national hero Zheng Filipinotown to Unveil Gateway 19 Years in the Making Unlocking Issei Voices in Camp Literature Next on ‘Asian Pacific America’: Susan Kamei, Desi Danganan Kent Sasaki Reappointed to State Building Standards Commission AAJA Urges Newsrooms to Not Perpetuate Xenophobia in COVID
0.1531s , 10027.5234375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【????? ???????? ?? ????????】Enter to watch online.English Rakugo in Little Tokyo,Global Hot Topic Analysis
