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Konatsu is a main character in Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu. She is Sukeroku's biological daughter, who was taken in and raised by the Eighth Generation Yakumo Yuurakutei.

Name[]

Konatsu's (小夏) name means Summer Child, as she was born in the middle of the Summer. If she had been born in the winter, she would have the name Koyuki (小雪, winter child,) which is the name of her and Yotaro's child. Other possible names for her were: Chiaki (千秋, thousand autumns) and Koharu (小春, spring child.)

Sometime after Yakumo's death, Konatsu became a Rakugoka. She inherited the name Kosukeroku Yuurakutei (有楽亭小助六,) a direct play on her late father's name.

History[]

Konatsu was born to Sukeroku Yuurakutei and Miyokichi. Sukeroku and Miyokichi, her mother, moved to the countryside to give birth to her. Miyokichi skipped town in the aftermath, leaving Sukeroku to raise her alone. In this time, she grew to adore her father's rakugo, and learn how to perform in his style to entertain customers at a local soba shop. Following her parents' tragic deaths, she was taken in by Kikuhiko, who actively discouraged her from performing rakugo whenever he could, though she continued to practice in secret.

Ten years after meeting Yotaro, she falls pregnant.

A few years after she gives birth to her son, Shinnosuke, she falls in love with and marries Yotaro. When Shinnosuke is 7, she falls pregnant again with a daughter she names Koyuki. Before Koyuki is born, Konatsu successfully convinces Yakumo to become his second apprentice, but he dies moments later. Sixteen years after his death, she is able to become a rakugo performer under the name Kosukeroku (小助六)

She refuses to talk about the identity of Shinnosuke's biological father, and while Yotarou believes it is his former yakuza boss, Higuchi theorizes much later that it may be the Eighth Generation Yakumo himself. She does not confirm or deny this idea.

Family[]

 
 
 
Sukeroku
 
 
 
Miyokichi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yakuza Boss (?)
 
 
 
Konatsu
 
 
 
Sukeroku Yuurakutei the 3rd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shinnosuke
 
 
 
Koyuki

Etymology[]

The kanji in Konatsu's name means "small" and "summer." It's also a species of citrus fruit.

Reference[]


Trivia[]

  1. The name Konatsu would have been given if she were born in Spring is Haruko (春子) the same name as the mangaka, Kumota Haruko (雲田はるこ.) Although her given name is credited without the use of kanji.
v - e - dCharacters of Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Yotarou Wandering Arc
Yotarou | Yakumo Yuurakutei the 8th | Konatsu | Yakuza Boss
Yakumo and Sukeroku
Kikuhiko | Hatsutarou | Sukeroku Yuurakutei the 2nd | Yakumo Yuurakutei the 7th | Miyokichi | Konatsu | Sukeroku
Yakumo once Again
Sukeroku Yuurakutei the 3rd | Yakumo Yuurakutei the 8th | Konatsu | Shinnosuke | Eisuke Higuchi | Kidoisao
Other
Matsuda | Amaken | Mangetsu Tsuburaya | 猫助師匠 | アニさん | お千代 | Oei
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