Kyoto Kabuki calligrapher busy creating name boards

Kyoto Kabuki calligrapher busy creating name boards

KYOTO, Japan - Master calligrapher Seiho Kawakatsu, using a traditional thick brush and black ink, writes the names of star Kabuki actors on 1.8-meter-tall wooden boards during the seasonal ''maneki-gaki'' ceremony at Myodenji Temple in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2009. The name-bearing ''hinoki'' cypress boards will be displayed at the front of the Minamiza theater in the hope for a packed hall during a nearly monthlong year-end performance starting Nov. 30. (Kyodo)

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