| The successive deaths of the following promising storytellers who were born after the War also came as a blow to Kamigata rakugo: Shokaku SHOFUKUTEI (VII), Utanosuke KATSURA (II), Kimaru KATSURA, Somegoro HAYASHIYA (IV), and Kiccho KATSURA. |
また、笑福亭松鶴 (7代目)、桂歌之助 (2代目)、桂喜丸、林家染語楼 (4代目)、桂吉朝といった、将来を嘱望されていた戦後生まれの落語家の相次ぐ他界も痛手であった。 |