Rakugo Association
Yanagiya Kosanji
柳家小三治・やなぎやこさんじ
Heisei-era masterDeceased
Profile
The tenth Kosanji and a designated Living National Treasure, famous above all for his makura — the rambling, deadpan warm-up talk before the story proper. He stripped out every flourish; the comedy rises quietly out of the people he describes.
Signature stories
JugemuDaiku Shirabe (The Carpenter's Hearing)Nibansenji (The Second Brew)Hatsutenjin (The First Temple Fair)Sokotsu Nagaya (The Careless Row-House)
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