Kabuki name 'Ganjiro' comes back after 9-year hiatus

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 14, 2014 shows Nakamura Kanjaku speaking at a press conference in announcing his succession as Nakamura Ganjiro IV. The revered Kabuki name "Ganjiro" was passed down by his father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001199694

Registered date
2014/5/22 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2014 Kyodo News

Media size
1569 × 2324 pixel

Resolution
240 dpi

Deployment size
308.67(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Teen Go prodigy Nakamura to shift playing base to S. Korea

Sumire Nakamura, a 14-year-old Japanese prodigy in the ancient board game of Go, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2023, after South Korea's Go governing body approved her application to shift her playing base to South Korea, a country that has produced many world champions. (Kyodo)

Tokyo Drama Award 2021

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Photo taken during a ceremony for the Tokyo Drama Award shows Noriko Eguchi posing at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2021, after receiving the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Story of My Family."(Kyodo)

Kumamoto marks 5th anniversary of quakes

KUMAMOTO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Combined photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto. The top image was taken on April 15, 2016, showing damage sustained in the first of a pair of massive earthquakes that hit the southwestern Japan region the previous day. The middle photo was taken on April 3, 2018, showing restoration work and the bottom image taken on April 14, 2021, shows the castle prepared to open the interior of the castle towers to the public about two weeks later.

Kumamoto marks 5th anniversary of quakes

KUMAMOTO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on April 14, 2021, the fifth anniversary of the first of a pair of massive deadly earthquakes. The castle towers, which sustained damage in the disaster, have seen restoration work completed.

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in 1950 shows Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima. (Kyodo)

Golf: Women's British Open champion Shibuno

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Photo shows a piece of calligraphy by newly crowned Women's British Open champion Hinako Shibuno that reads "smile," shown to the media during a press conference at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 6, 2019.

Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Kawabata

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in March 1971 shows Nobel laureate Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968 as the first Japanese author to receive the award.(Kyodo)

Journalist Yasuda after captivity in Syria

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 2 Kyodo - Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2018, for the first time since he returned to Japan after more than three years of captivity in Syria.

Journalist Yasuda after captivity in Syria

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 2 Kyodo - Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2018, for the first time since he returned to Japan after more than three years of captivity in Syria.

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

NARITA, Japan, Jan. 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 20, 2018, shows kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo delivering a speech alongside his son Kangen Horikoshi in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.