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Rakugo on "itai-itai" disease doctor

Rakugo storyteller Yanagiya Sansho, a native of Toyama, performs rakugo in the central Japan city on April 5, 2025. He told of the life of late doctor Noboru Hagino (1915-1990), who devoted himself to treating patients of "itai-itai" disease, caused by cadmium poisoning in Toyama following the discharge of untreated water into rivers by a mining company in a neighboring prefecture.

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Rakugo on "itai-itai" disease doctor

Rakugo storyteller Yanagiya Sansho, a native of Toyama, performs rakugo in the central Japan city on April 5, 2025. He told of the life of late doctor Noboru Hagino (1915-1990), who devoted himself to treating patients of "itai-itai" disease, caused by cadmium poisoning in Toyama following the discharge of untreated water into rivers by a mining company in a neighboring prefecture.

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller wins Japan Foundation Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sankyo Yanagiya, a "rakugo" Japanese comic storyteller, is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2014. He was selected as one of three recipients of the 2014 Japan Foundation Awards for his contribution to teaching rakugo to foreign students of the Japanese language for almost 15 years.

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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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Yanagiya Kosan

Yanagiya Kosan, comic storyteller (photo taken on Aug. 02, 2006)

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Yanagiya Karoku

Yanagiya Karoku, comic storyteller (photo taken on Nov.07, 2003)

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A-bomb victims sue gov't over rejection of recognition

SAPPORO, Japan - Three survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima -- (from L to R) Teiichi Yanagiya, Tami Tatemura and Koichi Yasui -- hold a news conference in Sapporo on April 17 after filing a lawsuit with the Sapporo District Court urging the government to revoke its decision not to recognize them as victims of radiation illness.

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Yanagiya Kosan

Yanagiya Kosan, comic storyteller (photo taken on Dec. 17, 2000)

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Wine shop during the new year

A two-story tiled-roof tavern. A large pine and rope decoration are seen at the entrance, and sake barrels are stacked up. There is another entrance to the right, and the paper doors have signs saying Yanagiya and Masuzake .==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐39‐0]

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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)

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'Rakugo' comic storyteller wins Japan Foundation Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sankyo Yanagiya, a "rakugo" Japanese comic storyteller, is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2014. He was selected as one of three recipients of the 2014 Japan Foundation Awards for his contribution to teaching rakugo to foreign students of the Japanese language for almost 15 years. (Kyodo)

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'Rakugo' storytelling master Kosan dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Yanagiya Kosan, the first ''rakugo'' comic storyteller to be recognized as a living national treasure, is seen in this photo taken in December 2000. Kosan died of heart failure May 16 at his home in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. He was 87.

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A-bomb victims sue gov't over rejection of recognition

SAPPORO, Japan - Three survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima -- (from L to R) Teiichi Yanagiya, Tami Tatemura and Koichi Yasui -- hold a news conference in Sapporo on April 17 after filing a lawsuit with the Sapporo District Court urging the government to revoke its decision not to recognize them as victims of radiation illness. (Kyodo)