Tatekawa-ryū
Tatekawa Danshi
立川談志・たてかわだんし
Shin'uchiShōwa–HeiseiDeceased
Profile
The great iconoclast of modern rakugo, remembered for his line that rakugo is the affirmation of human folly. He read the classics through a contemporary lens and broke away to found his own school, the Tatekawa-ryū. His rebuilt versions of the big stories — Shibahama, Shinigami — reshaped how the next generation performs them.
Signature stories
ShibahamaShinigami (The God of Death)Konya Takao (The Dyer and Takao)Tomikyu (Kyuzo's Lottery)Kogane Mochi (The Golden Rice Cakes)
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