'Rakugo' legend Hikohachi festival held in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A festival dedicated to Yonezawa Hikohachi, the founding father of "kamigata rakugo" comic story telling in the Osaka and Kyoto regions, is under way at Ikukunitama Shrine in Osaka on Sept. 6, 2014, to mark the 300th anniversary of his death. Performing at the center is well-known rakugo storyteller Katsura Yonedanji.

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