0:48 Takasagoya 30:13 Yawning Instruction 40:25 Small Prayer 53:02 Bed "Takasagoya" The ignorant Yagoro is asked to be a matchmaker for a wealthy merchant named Iseya. Having no clothes to wear, Yagoro goes to borrow a haori coat from a retired man he knows. He is also given advice on the etiquette of matchmaking, and is asked to sing a verse as a gift, and is taught "Takasago"... "Yawning Instructor" Yagoro is invited by Kumagoro to practice his art, but Kumagoro has tried various lessons before, and whenever he has learned a new art, he has caused trouble, so much so that when he practiced singing, the plants in the tenement house would rot, and when he practiced dancing, flying saucers would appear in the sky. So Yagoro declines at first, but since it is a rare lesson in "yawning," he decides to just go and watch. "Kogon Nembutsu" A play with no story, with a strong element of mimicry. It is one of the so-called "Kamigata varieties" that were introduced from Osaka to Tokyo. In Kamigata, it is known as a favorite material of Katsura Beicho III, and in Tokyo, of San'yutei Kinma III and Yanagiya Kosanji 10th. During morning sutra reading, he is concerned about the dust and wilted flowers on the Buddhist altar, and in between chanting "Namu Amida Butsu," he points this out to his wife, asking her frequently, "The water in the iron kettle is boiling," "The rice looks burnt," and "What's for breakfast this morning?" In "Nebukuro," the tenth generation Kosanji shouts "Namu Amida!" at a loach shop that is passing by without being heard, and chants "Loach shop..." at the Buddhist altar, which is used as a punchline. The landlord loves Gidayu storytelling and wants to tell it to others, but he is so bad at it that no one wants to listen. He prepares delicious food and sake to hold a Gidayu party that day, and has the head clerk call the tenants of the tenement house, but everyone refuses, using work as an excuse: the lantern shop, the hardware shop, the haberdashery shop, the construction worker, and the tofu shop. So he tries to get the store's servants to listen, but they all pretend to be sick and refuse to listen. His wife took their child and fled to her parents' home... The 10th Yanagiya Kosanji was known as "Kosaji of the Pillows" because he put so much effort into his pillow talk that some regulars would go to the vaudeville hall just to listen to his pillow talk. He used the name "Yanagiya Kosanji", which was a mid-level stage name, from his promotion to shin'uchi until his death in 2021. During this time, he served as a director and president of the Rakugo Association, and was recognized as a holder of an important intangible cultural property (living national treasure), becoming a major star in the Tokyo rakugo world. It is said that Kosanji "made his name big", and he was one of the rakugo artists who became major stars by using mid-level stage names that were not originally fixed names, along with the 4th generation Katsura Yonemaru and the 5th generation San'yutei Enraku. He was called one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Young Rakugo" in Tokyo from the time he was a young shin'uchi, along with the 3rd generation Kokontei Shincho, the 7th generation Tatekawa Danshi, the 5th generation San'yutei Enraku, and the 5th generation Shunputei Ryucho. Among other storytellers of the same generation, he is known as "Shincho in the East, Shijaku in the West." The other two who used the name "Kokontei Shincho" only did so for a very short period of time. Therefore, when "Kokontei Shincho" is written, it almost always refers to the third generation, who continued to use the name "Shincho" for over 40 years from his promotion to shin'uchi until his death. If you want to enjoy rakugo purely without the talk, please click here. Rakugo no Kura: / @repli455 Music: BGMer http://bgmer.net #rakugo #shincho #kosanji #takasagoya #akubishinan #kogonnembutsu #bed