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Stereotypes of Japanese people. Stereotypes of the Japanese include real or imagined characteristics of the Japanese people used by people who see the Japanese people as a single and homogenous group. Many of these stereotypes overlap with generic East Asian stereotypes.
The Japanese perception is remarkably different; Kabosu and Sato are known as pet and owner rather than a meme, and her blog was the fourth-most popular pet-related blog in the country as of December 2013. Reacting to the meme, she explained, "To be honest, some pictures are strange for me, but it's still funny!
Dauntaun no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, lit. "Downtown's We Aren't Errand Boys!"), often abbreviated Gaki no Tsukai (ガキの使い) or just Gaki Tsuka (ガキ使), is a Japanese variety show hosted by popular Japanese owarai duo Downtown, with comedian Hōsei Tsukitei (formerly known as Hōsei Yamasaki) and owarai duo Cocorico co-hosting.
Manzai (漫才) is a traditional style of comedy in Japanese culture comparable to double act comedy. [1] Manzai usually involves two performers (manzaishi)—a straight man (tsukkomi) and a funny man (boke)—trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and other verbal gags.
Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画, literally "Animal-person Caricatures"), commonly shortened to Chōjū-giga (鳥獣戯画, literally "Animal Caricatures"), is a famous set of four picture scrolls, or emakimono, belonging to Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto, Japan. The Chōjū-giga scrolls are also referred to as Scrolls of Frolicking Animals ...
Sumi-ssie (スミッシー sumisshī, derived from ネッシー nesshī meaning "Nessie") is a long-necked creature that appeared in Sumik-ko (corner lake) (すみっ湖 sumikko, punning on -湖 -ko, a suffix for lake names). She is Tokage's long-lost mother, and a very gentle dinosaur, who came from the sea to visit Tokage.
This is a list of Japanese comedians—known in Japanese as owarai geinin (お笑い芸人), owarai tarento (お笑いタレント), or simply geinin (芸人) —and their group names. This page uses the word "comedian" in its broadest possible sense. For more information on modern Japanese comedy, see owarai.
Chonmage. The chonmage (丁髷) is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the head in battle, and became a status symbol ...