num_pages: 470
description: Rakugo is the traditional Japanese art of storytelling. The stories are also called rakugo, or hanashi, and they are performed by professional narrators called rakugoka or hanashika. The customary place where rakugo stories are told is the vaudeville-type variety called the yose.
language: English
title: Rakugo: The Popular Narrative Art of Japan
titlecomplete: Rakugo: The Popular Narrative Art of Japan (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
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publisher: Harvard University Asia Center