Yose
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Yose, Japanese vaudeville, is perfomed in small theatres, many of them in
the entertainment districts of Japanese towns. It is a lively,
unsophisticated show with the emphasis on dramatic storytelling, humour,
magic, feats of agility and strength, dance and song. Many of the elements
of yose have been transferred in recent times to television and, at the
same time, modern elements have been incorporated into the yose theatre.
Among the most interesting entertainments found in yose is the monologue
rakugo. Rakugo stories, which have been handed down from generation to
generation, are full of wit, innuendo and pathos. They are delivered with
great skill.
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