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Yose
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.