Katsura Sunshine performs Rakugo! : Japanese "Sit-Down Comedy" in English

JAPANESE COMIC STORY-TELLING IN ENGLISH Rakugo is a 400-year-old tradition of comic storytelling in Japan. A minimalistic performance art, Rakugo features a lone storyteller dressed in kimono, kneeling on a cushion, who, using only a fan and a hand towel for props. Canadian Katsura Sunshine is the first-ever Western Rakugo storyteller in the history of the “Kamigata” Rakugo tradition based in Osaka, and the second ever in the history of Japan. He served a strict apprenticeship under well-known Rakugo Master Katsura Bunshi VI. Come out to laugh and appreciate the Japanese ancient performing art in English! Sponsored by Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences, Asia Studies, IP-International Center, and the Japan Foundation.