Descending Stories Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 2
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Descending Stories Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 2

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After proving himself on stage, Yotaro has been fully accepted as Yakumo's apprentice and a member of his household. But taking in this brash young man forces Yakumo to confront his own past, and thepromises left unfulfilled to his late best friend and rival, Sukeroku. Yakumo decides to share a tale that begins not when he was adignified artist, but an orphan named Bon. Bon's history is also the history of fellow orphan Shin, a changing Japan in the face of war, and a woman named Miyokichi, who would hold the future in her elusive hands...


A multi-generational human drama set in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedic storytelling, Descending Stories follows an ex-convict whose life is changed by his apprenticeship to a famed storyteller, and Konatsu, who yearns to perform rakugo but cannot because women are not permitted in the craft.


ISBN: 9781632364708
Author: Haruko Kumota
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 25 July 2017
Publisher: Kodansha
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 207 x 149 x 14
Weight (kg): 0.197

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