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「ｉｃｈｉ」です。 Indonesian. Art student and majoring Visual Communication. INFP/NF/RLUAN/♋/B血液型. ♥ラルク／アニメ「サイコパス」「ジョジョ」「虚淵玄's WORKS」／声優「小野大輔」／DGS／乙女ゲーム「スタ☆スカ」「NORN9」「神あそ」／ときレス ☆☆☆／ガンダム ♪よろしくお願いします♪

[monokurai]

[sneakycharliesneaky]

having difficulty convincing your family/friends/dog/cat/snake/whoever to watch shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu?? look no further.

[radiomomo]

I just had to draw him because I love him

[terhenetar]

助六と菊比古。

[the-noodle-head]

Bon. First off, you gotta start smilin’

[dorkery]

If you’re a Shouwa Genroku Rakufo Shinjuu fan, episode 5 is actually a staging of the kabuki play known as Benten Kozo, with the climactic scene at Hamamatsuya. You can see the whole scene here.

A script of the play can be found here. 

[have-a-heart-kaneki]

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu Manga raw

In case anyone is interested. Raws aren’t mine, I just gathered them in one place (vol. 1-8).

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0a-dzob6I2WTmRSU0RDNDQyaGc&usp=sharing

[ribbonsed]

The parallel between Bon/young!Kikuhiko and Konatsu regarding their gender and how it prevent them from pursuing something they want to pursue in life always gets me tho. please just bury me in this show :’)

[artbooksnat]

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (昭和元禄落語心中)

Miyokichi stands on the sidelines of Kikuhiko and Sukeroku’s friendship in the latest Newtype Magazine (Amazon US | Japan) spread for Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, illustrated by key animator Tomomi Kimura (木村友美).

[returnofthejudai]

'Japanese Schindler' Who Saved 6,000 Lives During World War II Finally Gets A Movie

"He just did what he thought was right."

So you know how I’ve frequently said that there needed to be a movie about Chiune Sugihara? Well, there is one now. About time.

[ororium-z]

“Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who was stationed at a consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania during the early days of World War II. Between July 31 and August 28, 1940, Sugihara and his wife spent long nights writing and issuing more than 2,000 visas for Jewish refugees desperate to flee the Nazis and build new lives in Japan – even though his actions defied the Japanese government’s orders. “

[kirlua]

How do I smile when there’s nothing funny?

[pennyofthewild]

in light of this week’s rakugo episode - i am intrigued by yakumo-sensei’s pronouns; there have been several instances of girls using “boku” or “ore” in Japanese media (yuzan from natsuo kirino’s real world comes to mind), but this is the first i’ve come across of a man using feminine pronouns (atashi); it fits quite interestingly with the rest of his persona, i feel (spoiler: he grew up in a geisha establishment) and adds a whole other layer to his already! complex personality (what a great character) - and /chitanda voice - i’m curious!

[sukerokus]

yakumo & sukeroku: episode 2  → “you two are opposites in everything. when one’s sunny, the other’s a dark cloud.”

[satomichi]

[heroine-problem-blog]

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 1-2: It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World

Note: As always, this analysis assumes the reader has seen the episodes being discussed.

Rakugo is a traditional form of Japanese theater in which a lone performer, aka therakugoka, sits alone on a stage with only a small cloth and fan for props. They tell a story, usually comedic, involving multiple people, distinguishing the characters using only their voice and mannerisms. Rather than making up their material, rakugokahave an established body of material to work with but are expected to put their own spin on the story. These days, it’s considered the domain of fussy old people, but it was once populist entertainment.

Like most traditional performance arts, rakugo is completely male-dominated. Once it was the sole domain of men, since most of the characters in the stories were male and it would have been odd to hear women using masculine speech patterns. Nowadays the field has opened somewhat, with women and foreigners (and occasionally both!) among top performers. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu takes place before that shift, however, and the gender dynamic inherent in such an unequal system informs much of the show.

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[artbooksnat]

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (昭和元禄落語心中)

Yotaro attentively provides a light for Yurakutei in this early illustration for Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu in the January issue of Animedia Magazine (Amazon JP | US), illustrated by chief animation director Akiharu Ishii (石井明治).

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