Anrakuan Sakuden

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Anrakuan Sakuden (安楽庵策伝 anrakuan sakuden?, 1554 – 1642) was a Japanese priest, tea master and writer in the Edo period. He is famous for Sobering Laughter (醒睡笑 seisuishō?, 1623), a humorous eight-part composition that had a strong influence on half book (半紙本 hanshibon?) and is sometimes said to be the earliest rakugo (落語?) composition.

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