After the war, it went into a substantial decline like kamigata rakugo (rakugo as performed in the Kyoto-Osaka region), consisting only of Nanryo KYOKUDO the second and his son, Konanryo KYOKUDO the second (later Nanryo KYOKUDO the third), for a certain period of time, and following the death of Nanryo the second in 1965, Nanryo the third fought a long, lonely battle.
戦後になると、上方落語同様に衰退著しく、二代目旭堂南陵と二代目旭堂小南陵（後の三代目旭堂南陵）父子のみの状態が続き、1965年に二代目が亡くなった後は三代目の孤軍奮闘が長く続いた。