Tanoshiku Ikitakya Rakugo Wo Okiki (PHP Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The characters in classical rakugo have something in common with those of us living today. We cry over the inseparable bond between parents and children, we laugh at the cowardice and stupidity of men, and so on. Rakugo, so to speak, is a theater of life. In this book, the author, who has continued his writing activities using rakugo as the basis for his writing, teaches us how to laugh off the sorrows and troubles of life with synopses of 35 selected rakugo plays, including "Paper Money", "Konya Takao", and "Shinigami (The Death God).

古典落語の登場人物には、現代のわれわれと共通するものがある。切っても切れない親子の縁に泣いたり、男の臆病なさまや間抜け加減を笑ったり...。落語はいわば人生劇場なのだ。本書では、それらを血肉として作家活動を続けてきた著者が、「紙入れ」「紺屋高尾」「死神」など、選りすぐりの落語35席のあらすじとともに、人生の悲哀や悩みなど笑い飛ばす方法を教えてくれる。