Death in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

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Stray Notes:
- I cannot stress how helpful originalforeignmind is (from reddit) whose expertise on the specific plays really helped me figure out what I believe is the context behind these choices. Huge shoutout!
- I should stress that I am not an expert on Rakugo, so if there are any questions, please do not expect anything particularly insightful from me, Brian and I had to essentially learn as much Rakugo as we could for the sake of the show
- As always, argumentative, not prescriptive!
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Text:
- Barnett, Michael and Martha Finnemore. "Rules of the World: International Organizations in Global Politics." Cornell University Press, 2004.
- Brau, Lorie. "Rakugo: Performing Comedy and Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Tokyo." Lexington Books, 2008.
- Crowley, Bill. "Good for a Laugh: A Comic Storyteller's Tale." Japan Quarterly 44 (4), 1997: 55.
- Sasaki, Miyoko and Heinz Balkenhol. "Fascination for and Popularity of one of the Classical Japanese Arts of Narration." Journal of Popular Culture 1, 1979: 152-170.
- Sweeney, Amin. "Rakugo: Professional Japanese Storytelling." Nanzan University, 1979.
- "Upcoming DIJ History & Humanities Study Group." H-Net Discussion Network. bit.ly/22CqZz7
- Welch. Patricia. "A Laughing Critique of the Ages: Rakugo Humor and Society." Japan Quarterly 44 (4), 1997: 47.
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Media:
- Kimie Oshima's "Rakugo in English," • Rakugo in English-Zoo ...
- Katsura Kaishi's "English Rakugo," • KATSURA KAISHI English...
- Katsura Shijaku's "Rakugo in English," • RAKUGO_in_ENGLISH-2
- Tatekawa Danshi's "1980 Comic-Battle," • Tatekawa Danshi
- Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
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Audio:
- Window, by The Album Leaf
- Primo, by Takagi Masakatsu

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Комментарии : 73

@lazyjo2086 8 лет назад

It's is really nice to see someone going to extra mile with research and interviews to talk about a fantastic anime like Rakugo Shinjuu.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+LazyJo Thanks a lot man, I really appreciate the kind words!

@deathdoor 8 лет назад

Second that! Shouwa Rakugo is one of the best shows in any medium in recent years, it deserve to be discussed more and it's only the first half.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

Panino Manino Absolutely! I can't wait for the second season!

@ehoba 7 лет назад

I want someone to talk about the fact that Rakugo Shinjuu takes place in the alternate universe where the golden age of rakugo in the 50s to 60s didn't come. Rakugo Shinjuu world is the place where Bunraku, Shinsho, Kinba, Kosan, Sanpei, Danshi, Beicho, etc didn't exist. It's the world where only Kikuhiko and Sukeroku did exist.

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

I am actually planning on talking about that very thought in another Rakugo video later down the road, cause I think it is very important to how Shouwa constructs narrative. This capture-yet-omission stance it has on the historicity of its own subject matter. It's really interesting stuff.

@masroorahmed6162 7 лет назад

I would have skipped this show. But thanks to your video i watched this in one sitting. Absolutely a masterpiece. Series like this remind me why I started watching anime.

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

Yes!! It is amazing! Have you checked out the second season yet?

@masroorahmed6162 7 лет назад

Definitely going to, Just waiting for a few episode to finish airing.

@pachi5668 7 лет назад

OKAY, so I just discovered your channel and I'm speechless with the quality of your videos. I'm really really really happy to see you took all this work to make a video about Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu - one of the best animes in the last years - and the theme of death. The death of rakugo in the narrative is also interesting when related fo Kikuhiko, that feels isolated from the world like the art form, and his drama about his sexuality in the history. anyway, great video! Now if you excuse me I'm gonna watch all I can about your channel :D

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

Rakugo is hands down my favourite show from this year. Like, undoubtedly. There's something particularly wonderful about how it plays with expectations and beliefs, and not just deaths in particular. There's such a beautiful mythos behind it.

@losse3471 8 лет назад

This anime is for sure one of my favourites, and videos like this one just make me appreciate it more. Thanks a lot for producing it! It was really well made and interesting. Looking forward to more! :)

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+Lominion Thanks man! I'm really glad you like it!

@TowerOawesome 8 лет назад

Amazing video for an amazing anime.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+Tower Oawesome Thanks for the kind words!

@Cabral_del_Norte 6 лет назад

This is the reason I fall in love with this anime.

@arimamary92 5 лет назад

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu is such a gem. Just like your video

@ontanontan9372 7 лет назад

i really appreciate the subtitles man this is a great video

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

Thanks ontan!

@jaafarkaoussarani9703 8 лет назад

What a beautiful and meaningful analysis! I feel like you were spot on on things I've realized myself, and you've also shown me somethings that I haven't realized! I hope you get bigger on RU-vid!

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+Mistah Misses Thank you very much! Really hope a lot more people watch the show in its entirety, cause I know a lot of folks were turned off by the first few episodes, but once it really gets going then oomph, it really gets going. I'm glad you like the video, and as always, if you've got interesting stuff to mention, I'd love to hear it!

@jaafarkaoussarani9703 8 лет назад

Pause and Select Well the drowning fish in the opening caught my attention. A fish drowning in water could be an ironic metaphor for how Sukeroku ends up being killed by the very thing that kept him going. He's know to be a carefree bum, that's his image, and that's part of what makes people interested in him. But at the same, that carelessness is what ends up getting him killed. And then at the end of it all, we see Yotaro with a tattoo of a fish on his back, which could represent him taking on the memories of Sukeroku. After all, the tattoo isn't real. Also notice how the fish is similar but not exactly like the drowning one, thus representing how Yotaro doesn't emulate Sukeroku, but uses what he learned in Bon's story to adapt it into his own rakugo, his own personna. Finally, we see a fish swimming in clear water. Not the exact same fish.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+Mistah Misses Awesome catch! That's a really awesome observation, you should definitely do a video on that, I'd love to watch it! And if it happened as you described it, it does make a lot of sense, given the events. Very good eye man.

@jaafarkaoussarani9703 8 лет назад

Pause and Select Nah, I think I'll leave that one to you. More people will watch it!

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

Mistah Misses Yo, but it's your observation! I can't take that away from you!

@DodongoM 8 лет назад

This is actually so good and well done... great job

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

Thanks man!

@DodongoM 8 лет назад

I would love to know more about your research tactics for these videos, really enjoy how you go the extra mile.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

Bruno Eduardo D'Angelo de Oliveira This video specifically? Or in general?

@DodongoM 8 лет назад

In general. Like, how do you pick a theme, how do you research it and prepare your text for the videos, these kinds of things.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

Bruno Eduardo D'Angelo de Oliveira It depends on what I see. Sometimes I don't see anything until I do a completely blind deep dive. Sometimes based on my knowledge I can pick something. Other times I don't know, but I keep track of things I thought were somewhat interesting or odd. As I read about the topic in particular, things start connecting, and from there I draft a research question. For Rakugo, I actually had a completely different thesis prepared, but after the interview with Dr. Weingartner I completely changed my mind and redrafted a new thesis. Mostly it's just a lot of reading. A lot of times this reading doesn't lead to anything, but when I think something does, then it's time to draft a working thesis.

@hollyhandgrenade42 7 лет назад

It took me a long time to bleed the hype from my system to watch Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, but I have finally finished it. I only cried one. This video was definitely a huge help in prodding me into watching it. Well, that and season 2 is gonna start airing winter 2017. I couldn't help and seeing Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu as a tragedy. The light of the end of the tunnel, so to say, might have been a train for all I knew. I went into the show with minimum knowledge of the art. My knowledge of rakugo boiled down to it is a pre-radio forme of traditional Japanese performance and that the anime Joshiraku also exists. Ping Pong The Animation, Initial D, Bartender, Dagashi Kashi, Shirobako and Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun; all are about or explain something I didn't have the most knowledge on before watching them. I am thoroughly appreciative for not knowing about the subject that each anime was espousing, as it gave to me a sort of wonder for the craft that having previous knowledge could change. And to some how cut this ramble to a point: 4/5, pretty good. Only cried once. The season 1 ending was kinda weak. Season 2 soon. Peace.

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

There's something incredibly interesting that Rakugo is doing, and something that I will *absolutely* touch upon when the second season comes out. The weak ending is absolutely so because I think it's meaning to draw more questions than it answers. There's some good work still coming out on Rakugo, and you can see a lot of it in the video description. But it's a fascinating topic, and there's a really interesting storytelling method used.

@Pr3datorGAME 8 лет назад

Amazing video. I love the way you introduce Rakugo to us!

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+Devianc3 Thank you very much man! There's a surprisingly plentiful amount of western literature on Rakugo, so definitely check out my video description if you're interested in learning more about Rakugo!

@Pr3datorGAME 8 лет назад

+Pause and Select Thanks I will :)

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

***** As always, if you have any questions or concerns, I'm more than happy to try and answer them. I'm no Rakugo expert, but I read enough that I think I'm comfortable to answer general layman questions.

@allaroundergeek2967 8 лет назад

I didn't knew you also made a video on Rakugo Shinjuu. I'm glad you gave this show some love. After this, I felt bad for barely touching the subject of death, but I think we both came up with a similar conclusion: Any piece of media depends of both the interpreter and it's audience to stay alive. Let's wait for second season.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

There is the you you know and the you I know.

@daffo595 7 лет назад

I love this. Can't believe it took so long to find this!

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

Thanks Daph!

@OurielOttaviani 8 лет назад

Nicely done yet again, gj. :)

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+Ouriel Ottaviani cheers, thank you very much man!

@Kraigon42 4 года назад

I largely had no idea what you were talking about, but you certainly made me want to watch that show.

@4Clubs 8 лет назад

I have to say, I just subscribed to you because of your insightful comment on Mother's Basement's latest video, and while perusing some of your videos I am now convinced that you're a shamefully underrated RU-vidr. Your talents are wasted on the anime community, I'm sad to say. Regarding Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, much was left unsaid in this review, like the rule of four: four renditions of Shinigami and Nozarashi, four funerals, etc. A longer format would've benefited this review greatly specially when you have the intelectual fibre to pull it off. Nitpicking aside, this was a great review and I'm looking forward to your next videos.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+4Clubs I actually did come across something that posited something similar to the rule of four, and it makes a lot of sense, considering the superstitious nature of four and 'shi' in East Asia. It would be make sense then, as analogous as something in the west would be labelled as '13'. I didn't mention it or bring it up because I wanted to keep the content focused primarily on the two deaths covered - the art form and the artist. Originally, I wanted to talk about Kamigata Rakugo, and how the tunnel vision depicted in Edokko Rakugo in the show is itself a really interesting omission in the show. And I also wanted to talk about the similarities between Danshi and Sukeroku, the role of women in Rakugo - so many topics! I didn't end up using 'shi' because I just didn't know how to really incorporate it without making it sound like a "fun fact" part of the video, which while is nice, I wanted to minimise for something as serious as Rakugo. And thank you very much for the kind words man! I hugely appreciate it! Gotta make use of my Masters for something, right?

@tobsmonster2 8 лет назад

This was lovely, thank you.

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

Thank you very much for watching it!

@Killer-fb7io 2 года назад

I needed to watch Rakugo Shinju analysis video knowing the japanede cultural context man this was the right place

@RewindReplayRepeat 8 лет назад

whoa I loved it!!! I am amazed at the research behind this. Keep up the good work :)

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

+RewindReplayRepeat Thank you very much for the time! I really appreciate it man!

@VitorDezan 5 лет назад

Amazing video of an amazing anime. I simply love your content! Are you going to make a video about the second season of the show?

@AsutoraSeiji 7 лет назад

This was an interesting piece I'm sad I haven't found earlier: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu was the Hidden Gem of last year's Winter season and I'm glad its second season has a better spotlight this Winter season (even passing the Hidden Gem baton to the equally interesting ACCA 13, if I can dare to add). I earnestly would like to see how you would compare and contrast what you already exposed here with what the series' second season brings to the table.

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

It might happen.

@erejnion 7 лет назад

It should :) would be pretty interesting. Especially considering S2 directly contradicts several of your points.

@shoujodays9606 7 лет назад

I actually did a presentation for Japanese class on Rakugo bc of this anime 😂👌🏻

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

Ahahaha, nice!

@umichandesu 7 лет назад

Thank you!

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

You're welcome!

@me_dyrl 7 лет назад

THIS... IS..... DEEEP. Worth It. Very Worth IT.

@Olivreira_ 7 лет назад

what a great video wish i had watched it more early

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

Thanks Gabriel!

@McDudes 8 лет назад

amazing video

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

Thanks!

@cabbage-soup 6 лет назад

May I ask, are you planning on creating a video on S2?

@sleepycowboy18 7 лет назад

wow, great video, rly

@PauseandSelect 7 лет назад

Thanks Mad!

@sleepycowboy18 7 лет назад

im subs u, your channel is very interesting ^^

@TheAnimeguy44 8 лет назад

where can i give you money?

@PauseandSelect 8 лет назад

I appreciate the kind words man! I have a Patreon which is on my channel page if you want to help out, all of the patreon money goes directly into buying books and materials for the videos.

@erejnion 7 лет назад

Do you feel stupid now that it turns out Sukeroku's death was nothing near so dramatic? So what you said about it is just part of Kikuhiko's idea of the death of rakugo itself.