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Tokyo Deaflympics: Closing ceremony

Actors perform a traditional Japanese Kabuki play during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Deaflympics on Nov. 26, 2025, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in the Japanese capital.

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[Breaking News]Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 26 Kyodo - Preparations are under way for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025, with wooden boards with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional "kantei-ryu" style of calligraphy -- wishing for a full house -- on display at Minamiza Theater. (Kyodo)

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Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

Preparations are under way for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025, with wooden boards with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional "kantei-ryu" style of calligraphy -- wishing for a full house -- on display at Minamiza Theater.

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Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

Preparations are under way for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025, with wooden boards with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional "kantei-ryu" style of calligraphy -- wishing for a full house -- on display at Minamiza Theater.

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Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

Preparations are under way for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025, with wooden boards with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional "kantei-ryu" style of calligraphy -- wishing for a full house -- on display at Minamiza Theater.

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Calligrapher writes kabuki actors' names

A calligrapher writes in the traditional "maneki-gaki" writing style kabuki actors' names in Kyoto on Nov. 7, 2025, on signboards to be used to decorate the Minamiza theater in the western Japan city during a year-end kabuki show.

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Calligrapher writes kabuki actors' names

A calligrapher writes in the traditional "maneki-gaki" writing style kabuki actors' names in Kyoto on Nov. 7, 2025, on signboards to be used to decorate the Minamiza theater in the western Japan city during a year-end kabuki show.

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Calligrapher writes kabuki actors' names

A calligrapher writes in the traditional "maneki-gaki" writing style kabuki actors' names in Kyoto on Nov. 7, 2025, on signboards to be used to decorate the Minamiza theater in the western Japan city during a year-end kabuki show.

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Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 26 Kyodo - Preparations are underway for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2024, with wooden signs with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional style of "maneki-gaki" calligraphy, wishing for a full house, on display at Minamiza Theater. (Kyodo)

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Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

Preparations are underway for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2024, with wooden signs with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional style of "maneki-gaki" calligraphy, wishing for a full house, on display at Minamiza Theater.

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Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

Preparations are underway for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2024, with wooden signs with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional style of "maneki-gaki" calligraphy, wishing for a full house, on display at Minamiza Theater.

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Preparations for Kabuki performance in Kyoto

Preparations are underway for a year-end Kabuki performance in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2024, with wooden signs with the names of Kabuki actors written in the traditional style of "maneki-gaki" calligraphy, wishing for a full house, on display at Minamiza Theater.

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Kabuki actors cruise on Osaka river

Popular kabuki actors cruise on a river in Osaka on June 29, 2024, to advertise their summer performances at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to July 26.

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Kabuki actors cruise on Osaka river

Popular kabuki actors cruise on a river in Osaka on June 29, 2024, to advertise their summer performances at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to July 26.

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Kabuki actors cruise on Osaka river

Popular kabuki actors cruise on a river in Osaka on June 29, 2024, to advertise their summer performances at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to July 26.

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Kabuki actors' name plates in Kyoto

Wooden plates with Kabuki actor names written in calligraphy are installed at Minamiza Theatre in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Nov. 26, 2023, ahead of a year-end show.

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Kabuki actors' name plates in Kyoto

Wooden plates with Kabuki actor names written in calligraphy are installed at Minamiza Theatre in the western Japan city of Kyoto on Nov. 26, 2023, ahead of a year-end show.

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Kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka

Popular kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka on June 29, 2023, to advertise their summer performance at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to July 25.

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Kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka

Popular kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka on June 29, 2023, to advertise their summer performance at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to July 25.

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Kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka

Popular kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka on June 29, 2023, to advertise their summer performance at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to July 25.

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Kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka

Popular kabuki actors cruise through central Osaka on June 29, 2023, to advertise their summer performance at a theater in the western Japan city from July 3 to July 25.

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New Year kabuki event in Tokyo

A street near Asakusa Public Hall in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 2, 2023, as an annual New Year kabuki show performed by young kabuki actors is held there following a hiatus in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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New Year kabuki event in Tokyo

A street near Asakusa Public Hall in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 2, 2023, as an annual New Year kabuki show performed by young kabuki actors is held there following a hiatus in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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New Year kabuki event in Tokyo

A street near Asakusa Public Hall in Tokyo's Asakusa area is crowded with people on Jan. 2, 2023, as an annual New Year kabuki show performed by young kabuki actors is held there following a hiatus in the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Temporary kabuki theater planned in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actors Nakamura Kankuro (R) and Nakamura Shichinosuke show at a press conference in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 23, 2014, an artist's image of a makeshift playhouse to be set up in the precincts of Sensoji Temple in downtown Tokyo for the Heisei Nakamura-za company's kabuki performances in April-May 2015.

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Kabuki actors' nameplates up at Kyoto Minamiza

KYOTO, Japan - Wooden nameplates of kabuki actors who will take the stage in "Kichirei Kaomise Kogyo" are raised at Kyoto Minamiza Theatre in western Japan on Nov. 25, 2014, ahead of the year-end performance starting on Nov. 30. The traditional hoisting practice is conducted to pray for filling the theater seats.

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Kabuki actors' nameplates up at Kyoto Minamiza

KYOTO, Japan - Workers raise wooden nameplates of kabuki actors who will take the stage in "Kichirei Kaomise Kogyo" at Kyoto Minamiza Theatre in western Japan on Nov. 25, 2014, ahead of the year-end performance starting on Nov. 30. The practice is called "manekiage."

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Expert writes kabuki actors' names in traditional style

KYOTO, Japan - Masaru Inoue writes kabuki actors' names in the traditional "maneki-gaki" style on Nov. 7, 2014, before their year-end performances in the Minamiza theater in Kyoto, western Japan.

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Expert writes kabuki actors' names in traditional form

KYOTO, Japan - An expert writes the names of kabuki actors appearing in year-end performances in the Minamiza theater in Kyoto, western Japan, in a traditional "maneki-gaki" writing form on Nov. 7, 2014.

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'Heisei Nakamura-za' meets press in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Kabuki actors Nakamura Shichinosuke, Nakamura Kankuro and Nakamura Shido (from L), give a press conference at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York on July 7, 2014. The Heisei Nakamura-za company, founded by the late Kanzaburo, opened a six-day run in New York.

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Kabuki actors promote plays from boats

OSAKA, Japan - Kabuki actors in yukata, a Japanese summer garment, ride on boats during an event to promote the upcoming Kabuki plays in Osaka, western Japan, on June 29, 2014.

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Kabuki actors on boat in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Kabuki actors Sakata Tojuro (L) and Kataoka Nizaemon wave during an event to promote the upcoming Kabuki plays in Osaka, western Japan, on June 29, 2014.

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Nakamura Kankuro takes part in an "Oneri" parade on a rickshaw through the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya on June 1, 2014, to promote the upcoming kabuki play "Sannin Kichisa."

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kankuro (front) participates in an "Oneri" parade in a rickshaw through the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya on June 1, 2014, to promote the upcoming kabuki play "Sannin Kichisa."

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - More than 60 Kabuki actors walk in a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 27, 2013, in a parade ahead of the opening of the new Kabuki Za theater the following month.

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - More than 60 Kabuki actors walk in a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 27, 2013, in a parade ahead of the opening of the new Kabuki Za theater the following month.

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Tokizo (C) and more than 60 other Kabuki actors walk in a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 27, 2013, in a parade ahead of the opening of the new Kabuki Za theater the following month.

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Farewell to Kabuki master Kanzaburo

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives of the late Kabuki master Nakamura Kanzaburo enter Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. From L are Kanzaburo's sons and Kabuki actors Kankuro and Shichinosuke, Kankuro's wife Ai Maeda and (front R) Kanzaburo's wife Yoshie. Kankuro holds Kanzaburo's remains. A funeral was held later in the day for Kanzaburo. (Pool photo)

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Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo dies

TOKYO, Japan - A November 2011 file photo shows prominent Kabuki actor Nakamura Kanzaburo (R) attending an event in Tokyo's Asakusa area. Kanzaburo died on Dec. 5, 2012, at the age of 57. He had made public that he was suffering from esophageal cancer. At C and L of the photo are Kanzaburo's sons Nakamura Kankuro and Nakamura Shichinosuke, also Kabuki actors.

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Actor Kagawa to pursue Kabuki career

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Teruyuki Kagawa (2nd from L) poses with his son Masaaki Kagawa (L), father and Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III (seated), cousin and Kabuki actor Ichikawa Kamejiro II (2nd from R) and uncle and Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro IV in a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 27, 2011. Teruyuki Kagawa announced in the press conference that he and his son will make their debuts as Kabuki actors in June 2012, as the popular Japanese TV and movie actor has reconciled with his father, from whom he was separated soon after his birth.

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Actor Kagawa to pursue Kabuki career

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Teruyuki Kagawa (L) attends a press conference with his cousin and Kabuki actor Ichikawa Kamejiro II (C) and Kagawa's father and Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 27, 2011. Kagawa announced in the press conference that he and his son will make their debuts as Kabuki actors in June 2012, as the popular Japanese TV and movie actor has reconciled with his father, from whom he was separated soon after his birth.

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (2nd from R), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (2nd from L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R), during a parade near Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September.

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Kabuki actors' succession to names

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kasho (C), who is to succeed the name of late national treasure Nakamura Matagoro II and become Nakamura Matagoro III, poses for photos with his son Nakamura Tanetaro (L) and living national treasure Nakamura Kichiemon (R) in front of the Kaminari gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Aug. 22, 2011, before parading to announce the planned successions. Tanetaro will become Kasho IV. The father and son will officially succeed the names at a performance to be held at Shimbashi Embujo (Shimbashi Theater) in Tokyo in September.

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Kabuki actors at new key theater

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actors (from the left) Nakamura Shichinosuke, Ichikawa Ebizo, Ichikawa Somegoro, Onoe Shoroku and Nakamura Kantaro line up in front of Shimbashi Embujo theater in Tokyo on May 4, 2010. Shimbashi Embujo became the key kabuki theater as the Kabuki-za theater closed to undergo renovation after serving as the mainstay host of kabuki performances for more than a century.

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Kabuki actor nameplates displayed at Kyoto theater

KYOTO, Japan - A total of 60 nameplates of Kabuki actors are displayed at the front of the Minamiza theater in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward on Nov. 25, 2009, to prepare for nearly a month-long year-end performance starting Nov. 30.

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Kyoto Kabuki calligrapher busy creating name boards

KYOTO, Japan - Master calligrapher Seiho Kawakatsu, using a traditional thick brush and black ink, writes the names of star Kabuki actors on 1.8-meter-tall wooden boards during the seasonal ''maneki-gaki'' ceremony at Myodenji Temple in Kyoto on Nov. 10, 2009. The name-bearing ''hinoki'' cypress boards will be displayed at the front of the Minamiza theater in the hope for a packed hall during a nearly monthlong year-end performance starting Nov. 30.

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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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Kabuki actors take part in annual cruising on Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - Popular Kabuki actors -- (from C to L) Onoe Kikugoro (C in front), Kataoka Nizaemon (C in back) and Sakata Tojuro -- greet well-wishers aboard a boat cruising on a river in Osaka on July 1 in an annual event ahead of a Kabuki performance in Osaka from July 5 through July 29. Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (2nd from R) joined the actors.

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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.