To make the performance lively, actions such as eating, drinking, walking, running, dressing, and so on expressed in a defined manner without moving from the zabuton play quite a significant role in rakugo, though the action is not part of the art of storytelling in a strict sense.
厳密には話芸ではないが、食べる、飲む、歩く、走る、着るなど、登場人物の動作を、座布団の上に制限された動きで表現することも、臨場感を出す上で非常に重要な役割を果たす。