rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling
A traditional Japanese performing art where a single storyteller sits on stage and tells a humorous story using only a fan and a hand towel as props, culminating in a punchline called 'ochi'.
週末に寄席で落語を聞いた。
I listened to rakugo at a yose theater on the weekend.
彼は落語家になるために修行を始めた。
He began training to become a rakugo storyteller.
I like listening to rakugo on TV.
He performed a rakugo story on stage.
I went and listened to rakugo at a yose theater.