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Bean-throwing event

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen (C) scatters roasted beans during a traditional bean-throwing event at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita near Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Campaign to promote Japan's hot spring culture

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen performs in the hot spring resort town of Kusatsu in Gunma Prefecture on Dec. 7, 2024. The eastern Japan prefecture hosted the event as it seeks inclusion of hot spring culture on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

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Bean-throwing event at Japanese temple

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen scatters roasted beans during the annual "Setsubun" event marking the turn from winter to spring at Naritasan Shinsho-ji temple in Narita, near Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2023.

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Kabuki actor's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo speaks during the funeral of his father, leading Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (in portrait) in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013. Danjuro died on Feb. 3, 2013, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 66. (Pool photo)

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro dies

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo answers reporters' questions in front of his home in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2013. His father, leading Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 3, 2013. He was 66.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro dies

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo answers reporters' questions in front of his home in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2013. His father, leading Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 3, 2013. He was 66.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro dies

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo answers reporters' questions in front of his home in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2013. His father, leading Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 3, 2013. He was 66.

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2008 shows Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (front) and his son, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, walking in a procession on the approach to Naritasan Shinsho Temple to mark the 1070th anniversary of its foundation in Narita, Chiba Prefecture. Danjuro died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 3, 2013. He was 66.

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Father of scandal-tainted Kabuki star throws beans

NAGOYA, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (R), father of scandal-tainted Kabuki star Ebizo, throws beans, a tradition marking the lunar calendar start of spring, at Misonoza theater in Nagoya on Feb. 3, 2011, ahead of the Feb. 5 start of a Kabuki show there. Ebizo, who is indefinitely suspending performances following his involvement in a bar brawl previous November, had to cancel his participation in the show, with his father telling fans who gathered for the bean scattering, ''A lot of things happened last year, and I want to invite new luck.'' The beans are intended to drive demons away and invite luck.

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Kabuki mogul apologizes for Ebizo's layoff

NAGOYA, Japan - Kabuki mogul Ichikawa Danjuro speaks at a press conference at the Misonoza theater in Nagoya on Dec. 21, 2010. Danjuro apologized for the expected absence of his eldest son Ebizo from a show at the theater planned for February 2011 in the wake of a brawl incident.

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Kabuki Theater closes next year for rebuilding

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Nakamura Tomijuro and Nakamura Shikan, and Shochiku Co. Chairman Nobuyoshi Otani attend a ceremony on May 1 marking the start of a countdown clock at the Kabuki Theater in Tokyo for the theater's rebuilding, one year before it closes at the end of next April.

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Miss Universe, kabuki actor join Cool Biz operation

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza (R) and kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (L) join Envronment Minister Yuriko Koike (C) in spraying water on the pavement in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, on Aug. 2. Koike, who spearheads the government(s ''Cool Biz'' campaign, looked happy later, saying that the operation helped cut the temperature on the pavement by 1.5 degrees centigrade.

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(1)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (C) presents two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play, to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro (L) and Ichikawa Danjuro (R) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district.

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Louis Vuitton holds opening ceremony for Omotesando store

TOKYO, Japan - Top Japanese Kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjuro (center) and Ichikawa Shinnosuke cut the ribbon with other guests at the opening ceremony for Louis Vuitton's new store in Tokyo's posh Omotesando district Aug. 31.

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Succession of kabuki actor's stage name Danjuro

The entrance of Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo is crowded with people on Nov. 7, 2022, ahead of a stage performance marking the succession of prestigious kabuki actor name Danjuro.

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Succession of kabuki actor's stage name Danjuro

The entrance of Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo is crowded with people on Nov. 7, 2022, ahead of a stage performance marking the succession of prestigious kabuki actor name Danjuro.

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Tokyo Skytree lit up to celebrate Kabuki actor Ebizo's name succession

Tokyo Skytree is lit up in orange on Oct. 15, 2022, to celebrate Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo's assuming his family's centuries-old stage name of Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen in November. The 44-year-old, also known for his work on television and in movies, will be the 13th holder of the distinguished name established in the 17th century.

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(2)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play. Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama presented the stamps Jan. 22 to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro and Ichikawa Danjuro at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district. (Kyodo)

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Annual 3-day morning glory festival starts in Tokyo

The annual three-day Iriya Asagao Matsuri, or morning glory festival, is under way at a temple commonly known as Iriya Kishimojin in Tokyo on July 6, 2015. The reddish brown "Danjuro" variety seen in this photo is very popular. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukuoka weavers present kabuki's Ebizo with replica of old kimono

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (L) receives a traditional kimono made of the Hakata-ori textile, a specialty of Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, from Sadao Terashima, head of a local weaving industry guild, in Fukuoka city on April 3, 2015. Guild members spent half a year to produce the kimono, replicating one that the seventh-generation Ichikawa Danjuro was fond of about 200 years ago. Ebizo's late father is the 12th-generation Danjuro. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st Kabuki performance in Monaco set for Sept. 16-19

TOKYO, Japan - Top Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (C) is flanked by Nakamura Tokizo (R) and Ichikawa Ebizo, Danjuro's eldest son, at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31 to talk about their upcoming tour of Monaco. (Kyodo)

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Miss Universe, kabuki actor join Cool Biz operation

TOKYO, Japan - Miss Universe 2006 Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza (R) and kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (L) join Envronment Minister Yuriko Koike (C) in spraying water on the pavement in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, on Aug. 2. Koike, who spearheads the government(s ''Cool Biz'' campaign, looked happy later, saying that the operation helped cut the temperature on the pavement by 1.5 degrees centigrade. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki Theater closes next year for rebuilding

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjuro, Nakamura Tomijuro and Nakamura Shikan, and Shochiku Co. Chairman Nobuyoshi Otani attend a ceremony on May 1 marking the start of a countdown clock at the Kabuki Theater in Tokyo for the theater's rebuilding, one year before it closes at the end of next April. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki mogul apologizes for Ebizo's layoff

NAGOYA, Japan - Kabuki mogul Ichikawa Danjuro speaks at a press conference at the Misonoza theater in Nagoya on Dec. 21, 2010. Danjuro apologized for the expected absence of his eldest son Ebizo from a show at the theater planned for February 2011 in the wake of a brawl incident. (Kyodo)

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Father of scandal-tainted Kabuki star throws beans

NAGOYA, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (R), father of scandal-tainted Kabuki star Ebizo, throws beans, a tradition marking the lunar calendar start of spring, at Misonoza theater in Nagoya on Feb. 3, 2011, ahead of the Feb. 5 start of a Kabuki show there. Ebizo, who is indefinitely suspending performances following his involvement in a bar brawl previous November, had to cancel his participation in the show, with his father telling fans who gathered for the bean scattering, ''A lot of things happened last year, and I want to invite new luck.'' The beans are intended to drive demons away and invite luck. (Kyodo)

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Ichikawa Danjuro name-taking kabuki performances

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo and his son Kangen Horikoshi pose for a photo following a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2020, at which Ebizo announced performances marking the succession to his family's prestigious and centuries-old stage name of Danjuro, starting in May. The 6-year-old will assume the Kabuki name Ichikawa Shinnosuke. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichikawa Danjuro name-taking kabuki performances

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo and his son Kangen Horikoshi pose for a photo following a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2020, at which Ichikawa announced performances marking the succession to his family's prestigious and centuries-old stage name of Danjuro, starting in May. The 6-year-old will assume the Kabuki name Ichikawa Shinnosuke. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichikawa Danjuro name-taking kabuki performances

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo and his son Kangen Horikoshi attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2020, at which he announced performances marking the succession to his family's prestigious and centuries-old stage name of Danjuro, starting in May. The 6-year-old will assume the Kabuki name Ichikawa Shinnosuke. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichikawa Danjuro name-taking kabuki performances

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2020, at which he announced performances marking the succession to his family's prestigious and centuries-old stage name of Danjuro, starting in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo

Photo taken in June 2017 shows kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo, who is set to assume his family's prestigious and centuries-old stage name of Danjuro in May 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (C) presents two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play, to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro (L) and Ichikawa Danjuro (R) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district. (Kyodo)