AN ORCHID EXTRAVAGANZA

AN ORCHID EXTRAVAGANZA,International Orchid Show, Tokyo Dome, World Orchid Show Japan Award 94=Date:1994, Place:Tokyo Dome, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

Logo of Goyo Construction

Logo of Goyo Construction

Logo = Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, December 5, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Sclerosis-stricken "rakugo" storyteller attends anniversary event

Sclerosis-stricken "rakugo" storyteller attends anniversary event

Japanese "rakugo" comic storyteller Hayashiya Konpei, suffering from multiple sclerosis and undergoing rehabilitation therapy, greets the audience with his famous "1, 2, 3, charan!" slogan at an event in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2015, marking the first anniversary of the launch of a monthly rakugo performance on a chartered streetcar. On the left is his daughter Emi Kasai and on the right fellow rakugo performer Sanyutei Koraku. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Koraku-en Garden

Koraku-en Garden

Korakuen Park in present-day Okayama City is a kaiyu style park built by order of Ikeda Tsunamasa, feudal lord of the Okayama Domain, in the late 17th century. Named Korakuen in 1871, it has been designated as the Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. The photograph B 239 which captures the scenery to the right is assumed to have been taken by Farsari Co. in Yokohama. Therefore, this photograph was probably taken by the same company. Mid to late Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Okayama, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐30‐0]

A stage for storytelling

A stage for storytelling

The Life of Shiohara Tasuke was written by a comic storyteller named Sanyuei Encho (1839-1900). It is a story about human nature. The musician Higashiya Koraku inherited the stage name Rakuyu in 1906. The name on the tablecloth reads Asahikawa Tsujihiro, which is probably the name of the manager of Sasakiza Theatre as of 1905 (from The New History of the City of Asahikawa, Volume 2 ).==Date:unknown, Place:Sapporo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐181‐0]