Esquire Japan: Rakugo
Interviewee, illustrator
& Awkward Model
& Awkward Model
April, 2009
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A collaboration with Esquire Japan on the Japanese comedic storytelling art, Rakugo.
Via Wikipedia:
Rakugo (落語 literally "fallen words") is a Japanese verbal entertainment. The lone storyteller (Rakugoka, 落語家) sits on the stage, called the Kōza (高座). Using only a paper fan (扇子, "sensu") and a small cloth (手拭, "tenugui") as props, and without standing up from the seiza sitting position, the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical story. The story always involves the dialogue of two or more characters, the difference between the characters depicted only through change in pitch, tone, and a slight turn of the head.
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