Pictures of the Week: December 24 – 30, 2005

Memoirs of a Kabuki Actor
Dressed in kimonos, geishas join a parade in downtown Tokyo marking kabuki actor Ganjiro Nakamura's succession to Tojuro Sakata. Hayashi, 73, recently became the first actor in more than 200 years to adopt the prestigious stage name 'Tojuro Sakata,' after a 17th-century performer who developed Kabuki's wagoto or 'soft' style, known for sensitive and romantic characters. Kabuki stage names often are passed on through generations