Yanagiya Ko-san - Yanagiya Ko-san

Japanese: 柳屋小さん - やなぎやこさん

Rakugo performer. (1) The first: A student of the first Shunputei Ryushi. Date of birth and death unknown. A master of musical and human interest stories. Because he was an ugly man with black pockmarks, it is said that he was given a name that sounded like a kind woman. He later took the name Muraku IV. (2) The second (1850-1898, Kaei 3-Meiji 31): Real name Oofuji Rakusaburo. A student of the first Ryutei Enshi. He took the names Tsubamesei and Tsubamesyu before assuming his name. He was popular in the Tokyo rakugo world in the mid-Meiji period as a master of humorous stories on a par with the third San'yutei En'yu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

落語家。(1)初代　初代春風亭柳枝（りゆうし）門下。生没年不詳。音曲（おんぎよく）噺，人情噺の名手。黒アバタの醜男なので，逆にやさしい女のような名をつけたといわれる。のちに4代むらくを襲名した。(2)2代(1850‐98∥嘉永3‐明治31)　本名大藤楽三郎（おおふじらくさぶろう）。初代柳亭燕枝（りゆうていえんし）門下。燕勢，燕寿を経て襲名。3代三遊亭円遊と並ぶ滑稽噺の名手として明治中期の東京落語界で人気を博した。

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