THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
March 29, 2021 at 19:21 JST
Dancers of the traditional combination dance, dating to the Ryukyu Kingdom, pose for a photo believed to have been taken in 1925. They gave a performance for Prince Chichibu, younger brother of Emperor Hirohito, when he visited Okinawa Prefecture. The performance was apparently given on the premises of the residence of the Sho family, the former royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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