Kabuki actors' nameplates up at Kyoto Minamiza

Kabuki actors' nameplates up at Kyoto Minamiza

KYOTO, Japan - Workers raise wooden nameplates of kabuki actors who will take the stage in "Kichirei Kaomise Kogyo" at Kyoto Minamiza Theatre in western Japan on Nov. 25, 2014, ahead of the year-end performance starting on Nov. 30. The practice is called "manekiage." (Kyodo)

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