also: よせせき
noun
vaudeville theater; music hall; entertainment hall
A traditional Japanese theater where live variety entertainment such as rakugo, manzai, magic, and music is performed.
週末に浅草の寄席で落語を聞いた。
I listened to rakugo at a yose in Asakusa on the weekend.
寄席は昔ながらの雰囲気が残っている。
The yose retains an old-fashioned atmosphere.
Rare full spelling; the reading よせせき is less common.
From 寄せ (yose, 'gathering') + 席 (seki, 'seat'), referring to a place where people gather to sit and watch performances. The reading よせ is a contraction of よせせき.