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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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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro,79, (R) receives the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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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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Funeral held for Kabuki star Bando Mitsugoro in Tokyo

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro leaves a funeral hall in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2015, after paying his last respects to fellow Kabuki actor Bando Mitsugoro who died of pancreatic cancer at 59 four days before. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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. (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)