ILEA001087206: Princess Masako, Ichiro featured in 'hagoita' show in Tokyo

Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (3rd from R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (L, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (R, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

Battledores of 2023 newsmakers

Doll maker Kyugetsu Co.'s traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores are shown to the press in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2023, with decorations of images of newsmakers of the year of 2023. Those featured include two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani (far R, front), who became the first Japanese to win an MLB home run title, and shogi prodigy Sota Fujii (2nd from L, front), who became the first player ever to hold the board game's eight titles.

John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

John Lennon's 1969 letter to Japan PM Sato

Photo taken in December 2022 shows a letter dated Dec. 17, 1969, sent from Beatles member John Lennon and his peace activist wife Yoko Ono to then Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. In the letter, held by the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo, the couple asked Sato to permit overseas release of an unedited scientific documentary film on the aftermath of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, taken one month after they occurred in August 1945.

Battledores of 2022 newsmakers

Photo taken at the head office of doll maker Kyugetsu in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2022, shows traditional Japanese "hagoita" battledores decorated with images of some of 2022's newsmakers. Those featured include Yakult Swallows cleanup hitter Munetaka Murakami (L in front row), the Central League's first batting Triple Crown winner since 1986, and Sota Fujii (R in second row), who became the youngest shogi player in history to hold five out of the board game's eight major titles.

Japanese "hina" dolls for 2019

Photo taken Jan. 23, 2018, in Tokyo shows Japanese "hina" dolls of (clockwise from top L) Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako, figure skater Rika Kihira and shogi player Sota Fujii. Each year Kyugetsu Co. unveils hina dolls, traditionally displayed on the March 3 Girls' Day holiday in Japan, modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese "hina" dolls for 2019

Photo taken Jan. 23, 2018, in Tokyo shows Japanese "hina" dolls of (clockwise from top L) Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako, figure skater Rika Kihira and shogi player Sota Fujii. Each year Kyugetsu Co. unveils hina dolls, traditionally displayed on the March 3 Girls' Day holiday in Japan, modeled after prominent figures who the doll maker believes will have an auspicious year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Princess Masako, Ichiro featured in 'hagoita' show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An exhibition of ''hagoita'' -- ornamental wooden bats -- for this year opens at a Japanese doll shop in Tokyo's Asakusa district Dec. 5. Photo shows (from L to R) bats depicting Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Seattle Mariners' outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and Crown Princess Masako.

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