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This thesis examines a popular concept in contemporary Japanese society that is rarely tackled alone in English literature on Japanese culture studies: tsukkomi. Put into simplest terms, it is an act of humorously reacting to another person's words, action, or attribute. Citing various Japanese and English sources, the thesis studies the concept beginning with its definition, its meaning as a word ... read morein the Japanese language, its history as a role in the Japanese double-act stand-up comedy manzai, its applications in people's everyday lives in Japan, and goes on to look at Japanese thinkers who consider tsukkomi's impact on the Japanese society. Hopefully, the thesis can provide its readers an ample amount of information on a concept that is both immensely popular in Japan, and rarely heard of in English-speaking countries.read less
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