Book contents
- The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan
- Frontispiece
- The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Author’s Preface: COVID-19 and Tenugui Face Masks
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Romanization and Conventions
- A Note on the Cover Art
- Introduction
- Part I
- Chapter 1 Kamigata, Osaka
- Chapter 2 The History of Kamigata Rakugo
- Chapter 3 What Constitutes a Kamigata Rakugo Story?
- Chapter 4 Geidan: An Interview with Hayashiya Somemaru IV (b. 1949)
- Conclusion
- Part II
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - Geidan: An Interview with Hayashiya Somemaru IV (b. 1949)
from Part I
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 August 2021
- The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan
- Frontispiece
- The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Author’s Preface: COVID-19 and Tenugui Face Masks
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Romanization and Conventions
- A Note on the Cover Art
- Introduction
- Part I
- Chapter 1 Kamigata, Osaka
- Chapter 2 The History of Kamigata Rakugo
- Chapter 3 What Constitutes a Kamigata Rakugo Story?
- Chapter 4 Geidan: An Interview with Hayashiya Somemaru IV (b. 1949)
- Conclusion
- Part II
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 4 is an English translation of an interview (geidan) with Kamigata storyteller Hayashiya Somemaru IV (b. 1949), with whom the author informally apprenticed from 2010 to 2012. This chapter offers readers an inside look at Kamigata rakugo and invaluable insight from one of the art’s respected masters.
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- The Comic Storytelling of Western JapanSatire and Social Mobility in Kamigata Rakugo, pp. 132 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021