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Rakugo comedian Sanyutei Enraku dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken at Tokyo's National Engei Hall in February 2007, ''Rakugo'' comedian Sanyutei Enraku, who died on Oct. 30 of lung cancer at 76, gives his last rakugo performance, in which a lone storyteller relates a comic tale while seated. Known for his flowing storytelling, Entraku, whose real name was Hiroumi Yoshikawa, gained public popularity as a key member of the long-running TV comedy show ''Shoten.''

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100th anniversary of U.S. dogwood tree donation to Japan

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) poses for a photo with students of Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School in the Japanese capital's Setagaya Ward on April 10, 2015, during an event marking the 100th anniversary of donation of 40 dogwood trees -- one of which is still alive at the high school -- from the United States to Japan. The donation in 1915 as a symbol of friendship between the two countries was a return gift after Japan donated cherry trees to the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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100th anniversary of U.S. dogwood tree donation to Japan

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (front) plants a dogwood seedling at Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School in the Japanese capital's Setagaya Ward on April 10, 2015, during an event marking the 100th anniversary of donation of 40 dogwood trees -- one of which is still alive at the high school -- from the United States to Japan. The donation in 1915 as a symbol of friendship between the two countries was a return gift after Japan donated cherry trees to the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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100th anniversary of U.S. dogwood tree donation to Japan

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy delivers a speech at Tokyo Metropolitan Engei High School in the Japanese capital's Setagaya Ward on April 10, 2015, during an event marking the 100th anniversary of donation of 40 dogwood trees -- one of which is still alive at the high school -- from the United States to Japan. The donation in 1915 as a symbol of friendship between the two countries was a return gift after Japan donated cherry trees to the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists come to see Asakusa theaters in rickshaw

Tourists in a rickshaw arrive at entertainment halls -- Asakusa Engei Hall and Toyokan -- near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Jan. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Documentary film on wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" hits screens

Photo taken Aug. 31, 2016, at Asakusa Engei Hall theater in central Tokyo, shows Hayashiya Kanpei, a speech-impaired, wheelchair-bound "rakugoka" storyteller. His struggle to return to the stage after suffering a stroke is the focus of the new documentary film "Namidano Kazudake Warao-yo (Let's Laugh As Many Times As We Cry)." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakugo comedian Sanyutei Enraku dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken at Tokyo's National Engei Hall in February 2007, ''Rakugo'' comedian Sanyutei Enraku, who died on Oct. 30 of lung cancer at 76, gives his last rakugo performance, in which a lone storyteller relates a comic tale while seated. Known for his flowing storytelling, Entraku, whose real name was Hiroumi Yoshikawa, gained public popularity as a key member of the long-running TV comedy show ''Shoten.'' (Kyodo)

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Asakusa Engei Hall

File photo taken June 1, 2020, shows the Asakusa Engei Hall in Tokyo for rakugo comic storytelling, manzai, magic and other entertainment shows. The hall reopened the same day after two months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asakusa Engei Hall in Tokyo

Photo taken April 16, 2020, shows the Asakusa Engei Hall where rakugo comic storytelling, manzai, magic and other entertainment shows are held in Tokyo's Asakusa district. The hall was closed that day amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's National Engei Hall

File photo taken May 8, 2019, shows Tokyo's National Engei Hall, one of the principal theaters for Japan's traditional Rakugo comedy form. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo