Material and Non-Material Cultures in Haruko Kumota’s Anime Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

Abstrak

Rakugo, a storytelling performance that contains elements of comedy held on a theatrical stage. Unlike other performing arts, Rakugo is a performing art that does not require a lot of costumes and stage equipments. Rakugo storytellers use gestures and voice changes to portray the various characters and roles in the story. The depiction of cultural diversity, manners and beliefs using the medium of modern literary works in the form of anime is very great, not only adding to the value of the beauty of the work but it is also used as an educational medium. So that, it can continue to preserve culture and introduce it to other countries. This article describes the elements of material and non-material cultures depicted in the life of Japanese society during the Showa era in Haruko Kumota’s anime
Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. By using qualitative descriptive method, material culture was found in the forms of washitsu, tatami, yose, kimono, and yukata. The non-material cultural elements found in the forms of seiza, ojigi, and belief in omamori.