KITAHACHI HIZAKURIGE DAKUDAKU/KOGOTO NENBUTSU/NEKO NO SAINAN

[Machine Translation] Kitahachi Yanagiya is a popular rakugo performer who has won over a wide range of rakugo fans, not only by his popularity with the more demanding rakugo experts, but also by the younger rakugo fans who have recently become interested in the art of rakugo. After graduating from Gakushuin University, he became a student of Yanagiya Kozoji, and while inheriting his master's aloofness, he added his own unique sense of goofiness, creating the comedic style that has become his current form. He is known to his fellow rakugo artists by the nickname "His Highness," which is a reference to the university he attended. His position in the Rakugo Education Committee, a rakugo club he runs with Kyotaro Yanagiya and Utamusashi Sanyutei, has never wavered, and he continues to draw laughs with his aloofness and charm, on a par with the most popular performers of his generation. Included are "Danaku", "Kogon nenbutsu", and "Neko no mishap".

柳家喜多八は、落語についてはうるさ型の玄人筋の人気はもちろんのこと、近頃落語に目覚めた若い落語ファンからもその苦みばしった風貌とは似つかわしくないけだるそうな登場姿で笑いをとり、幅広い落語ファンを獲得している人気者。学習院大学を卒業後、柳家小三治に入門、師匠の飄々とした味わいを受け継ぎつつ、さらに喜多八独自のとぼけ具合を積み重ね、おかしみ溢れる現在の芸風を築き上げた。出身大学にもちなんだ「殿下」というあだ名で落語家仲間から親しまれている。柳家喬太郎、三遊亭歌武蔵と共に続けている落語会"落語教育委員会"でもそのポジションはぶれることもなく当代の人気者と伍してその飄々とした味わいで爆笑をさらっている。「だくだく」「小言念仏」「猫の災難」を収録。