Cartoonist paints monk Shinran on folding screen

Cartoonist paints monk Shinran on folding screen

KYOTO, Japan - A painting by cartoonist Takehiko Inoue of Shinran, a famous 13th-century Buddhist monk, drawn on a "byobu" folding screen is shown to the press at a temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 28, 2014. It will go on display at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple from Nov. 1 along with the famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors.

Munakata's 50-year-old paintings on sliding doors shown

Munakata's 50-year-old paintings on sliding doors shown

KYOTO, Japan - The famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors are shown to the press on Oct. 28, 2014. The paintings, drawn some 50 years ago on 44 doors, will be displayed at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple on Nov. 1-3 for the first time.

Guinness record for simultaneous "shiko" leg-raising

Guinness record for simultaneous "shiko" leg-raising

A total of 400 people -- sumo wrestlers, stablemasters and fans -- perform "shiko" at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Oct. 7, 2022, setting a Guinness World Record for the highest number of people to do the leg-raising exercise simultaneously.

Publisher supports truancy to avert child suicides after summer vacation

Publisher supports truancy to avert child suicides after summer vacation

Shiko Ishii (R), chief editor of an online newspaper for truant students, issues an emergency message at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2015, urging children to stay away from school if they wish even after the second school term begins on Sept. 1. The appeal was designed to prevent suicides by students that tend to occur right after the long summer vacation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Munakata's 50-year-old paintings on sliding doors shown

Munakata's 50-year-old paintings on sliding doors shown

KYOTO, Japan - The famed late woodblock print artist Shiko Munakata's paintings on "fusuma" sliding doors are shown to the press on Oct. 28, 2014. The paintings, drawn some 50 years ago on 44 doors, will be displayed at Kyoto's Higashi Honganji temple on Nov. 1-3 for the first time. (Kyodo)