Kamigata rakugo does not treat sentimental routines which constitute the axis of Edo rakugo alongside 'otoshi banashi' (rakugo in the strict sense), (and which refer to the humane stories in the strictest sense of the term and are closer to kodan storytelling without a final punch line as in 'Peony Lantern,' 'Bunshichi's Barber Shop,' 'The Spine-Chiller in Kasanegafuchi).
落とし噺（狭義の落語）と並んで江戸落語の軸を成す人情噺（狭義の人情噺。内容が講談に近く、落ちがない。「牡丹灯籠」、「文七元結」、「真景累ヶ淵」など）は、上方落語には存在しないと言ってよい。