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Kosanji elected new 'rakugo' association chief

TOKYO, Japan - Yanagiya Kosanji (L), a master of the Japanese traditional comic storytelling art of ''rakugo,'' shakes hands with Reireisha Bafu after being elected to succeed him as head of the Rakugo Kyokai association in Tokyo on June 25, 2010.

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Permanent 'rakugo' theater opens in Osaka, 1st since WWII

OSAKA, Japan - Rakugo performer Katsura Sanshi, head of the Kamigata Rakugo Kyokai, pulls a rickshaw carrying Katsura Harudanji III during a ceremony held to mark the opening of the Temma Tenjin Hanjo Tei, a theater dedicated to ''rakugo'' comic storytelling, in Osaka's Kita Ward on Sept. 15. It is the first permanent rakugo theater to open in Osaka since World War II.

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Permanent 'rakugo' theater opens in Osaka, 1st since WWII

OSAKA, Japan - Rakugo performer Katsura Sanshi, head of the Kamigata Rakugo Kyokai, pulls a rickshaw carrying Katsura Harudanji III during a ceremony held to mark the opening of the Temma Tenjin Hanjo Tei, a theater dedicated to ''rakugo'' comic storytelling, in Osaka's Kita Ward on Sept. 15. It is the first permanent rakugo theater to open in Osaka since World War II. (Kyodo)

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Kosanji elected new 'rakugo' association chief

TOKYO, Japan - Yanagiya Kosanji (L), a master of the Japanese traditional comic storytelling art of ''rakugo,'' shakes hands with Reireisha Bafu after being elected to succeed him as head of the Rakugo Kyokai association in Tokyo on June 25, 2010. (Kyodo)