SNAPSHOT: Puppet master assumes prestigious teacher's name

Yoshida Tamao, a puppet master of the traditional Japanese puppet theatre, Bunraku, heads to his dressing room at the National Bunraku Theater in Osaka on March 31, 2015, after assuming his master's name. He was previously called Yoshida Tamame. His master was a living national treasure. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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