Kabuki icon Sakata Tojuro plays Ohatsu for 1,400th time

Kabuki icon Sakata Tojuro plays Ohatsu for 1,400th time

Kabuki icon Sakata Tojuro (C), a living national treasure, bows to the audience after completing his 1,400th performance as heroine Ohatsu in "Sonezaki Shinju" (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki) at the Hakataza Theater in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 25, 2015. He was joined on stage by kabuki actor Nakamura Baigyoku (L) and the theater's president Hidemi Ashizuka. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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