Gikoten Rakugo Expansion Project
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- Name of the organization or individual
- Misachido
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- long-term
FY2024 1st Term Creation Grant Category III Projects that contribute to the improvement of the artistic creative environment [Long-term grant] [Single-year grant]
Business Overview
Establish an expansion model for creating, performing, and passing on gikoten rakugo (New rakugo that matches modern values while retaining the flavor of classic rakugo), and promote the spread and development of rakugo culture by making gikoten rakugo a regular program that can be heard frequently at yose, or classical rakugo. [Year 1 Project Outline] We asked 12 popular and talented Futatsume to create new quasi-classical rakugo stories and held 3 rakugo performances at the Fukagawa Edo Museum Small Theater (Koto Ward, Tokyo). The video of each performance was recorded and distributed online at a later date. Monday, March 3, 2025 "An Evening of Gikoten Rakugo 8: Fresh Gikoten Matsuri Day 1" by Mima Suzimsha, "Honeymoon"/Shosuke SHUNPUTEI, "Ananuki"/Hikozo HAYASHIYA, "Toki NAKAE"/Dankichi TATEKAWA, "Daidarabocchi" and others Monday, March 17, 2025 "An Evening of Gikoten Rakugo 9: Fresh Gikoten Matsuri Day 2" by Goitsubu SANYUTEI, "Yokai Nemon"/Yusuke KONOTEI, "Kagami"/Shosaki SHUNPUTEI, "Nagaya Tenjo"/Aomori SANYUTEI, "Nokotta" and others Monday, March 31, 2025 "An Evening of Gikoten Rakugo 10: Fresh Gikoten Matsuri Day 3" by Ikkyu SHUNPUTEI, "Asagao Samurai"/Kiyohiko HAYASHIYA, "Honjo Mono"/Danshu TATEKAWA, "Uzan"/Shoyo SHUNPUTEI, "Otafuku (written by Shugoro YAMAMOTO)" and others In addition, he held several study meetings (closed to the public) for the purpose of improving the skills of rakugo writers and sharing information, to analyze the structure and expression of rakugo, and to exchange information about copyrights of rakugo scripts and reperformance fees. In addition, they prepared to build a system and conducted interviews with rakugo storytellers in order to open a data bank called "Hanashi Bank," in which many rakugo storytellers can perform gikoten rakugo.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Venues
Profile
Misachido
Started planning and running rakugo shows in June 2020. At present (as of May 2025), he is sponsoring 'Gikoten Rakugo no Evening,' a solo performance by Asae SHUNPUTEI (Asae's investigation), a solo performance by Kofune YANAGIYA (Kofune Nanato), and a party of young rakugo storytellers (Bokura no Rakugo-do).
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