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			<image:title><![CDATA[ft20131212a1a.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Magic moments: Kings Richard III (Ian McKellen) and Lear (Brian Cox) at the Imperial Palace during the Royal National Theatre's 1990 season at the Tokyo Globe.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/05/25/films/little-je-ne-sais-quois-eric-rohmer/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p11-shoji-rohmer-wa-a-20160526.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA["Claire's Knee" ("Le genou de Claire," 1970)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/05/26/films/film-festival-people-disabilities-helps-share-theater-experience/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[On the marquee: A still from Pia Shah's "Waterbaby."]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tatsumi Hijikata, the co-founder of butoh, performing in 1968]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Good with figures: Mika Takayama poses with her chima chima ningyō (tiny little dolls).]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Go west: Kyoto-based O'Summer Vacation performs at Helluva Lounge in Kobe. Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto are the birthplaces of a lot of Japan's most interesting indie acts.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/05/31/arts/liberating-walk-woods/</loc>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-liddell-sompolandscapes-a-20160601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Leo Gausson's "Village derriere les arbres" ("Village Behind the Woods," 1890)]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Picasso Pablo's "La Muse" (1935)]]></image:caption>
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		<lastmod>2016-05-31T21:27:06+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p10-outside-escher-a-20160601.jpg]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[M.C. Escher's "Day and Night" (1938)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/05/31/arts/openings-outside-tokyo/spaceship-susumu-shingu/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Diary of Clouds" (2016)]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Cy Twombly's "ulips" (1985); Cy Twombly's "Still Life" (1951)]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/01/films/eu-firm-ground-comes-film/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-01T18:00:49+09:00</lastmod>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["The Ardennes" ("D'Ardennen"), directed by Robin Pront.]]></image:caption>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/01/films/theres-real-story-behind-fake-documentary/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-01T18:08:40+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/01/films/film-reviews/southpaw-boxing-lacks-punching-power/</loc>
		<lastmod>2016-06-01T19:54:55+09:00</lastmod>
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		<loc>https://wp.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/01/films/film-reviews/deadpool-shooting-off-mouth-hip/</loc>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Good herbs (Bonnes herbes)" (late 18th-early 19th century)]]></image:caption>
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			<image:title><![CDATA[p22 thacker gloom-a 20160605]]></image:title>
			<image:caption><![CDATA[Haruo Sato (left) and Junichiro Tanizaki in Wakayama Prefecture in 1930]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[TGIFunk: Con Brio, a funk act from the United States, plays the Palace of Wonder stage at Fuji Rock Festival on Friday.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Eco encore: Fans hit the Atomic Cafe stage at a recent Fuji Rock Festival.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Tension mounts: Saitama funk band Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro will make its third Fuji Rock appearance this month, after a range of overseas dates and with a new album to promote.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Visitors to this year's Fuji Rock Festival, which kicks off today and runs till July 28, pose for commemorative photos at the fest entranceway, which covers much of the Naeba ski resort.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Singing in the rain: There was no shortage of big-name artists and precipitation at this year's Fuji Rock Festival]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Masa Hidaka saw the exquisite madness of England's Glastonbury music festival and brought a dose of it to Japan in the form of Fuji Rock.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Joe Rush's Mutoid Waste Project has been filling Fuji Rock's Palace of Wonder with flaming beasts and smoking trees since 2001.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Great expectations: The Vaccines (from left) are Pete Robertson, Justin Young, Arni Arnason and Freddie Cowan. The band had to cancel an earlier trip to Japan due to singer Young's health problems, but will play this year's Fuji Rock Festival.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Getting festive: Franz Ferdinand are looking forward to their live performance at Fuji Rock on July 25.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Fun alfresco: 119,000 revealers enjoyed the sunshine and music at Fuji Rock '08 in Naeba, Niigata Prefecture.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Battles' brand of experimental rock brought an overflowing audience to the White Stage at Fuji Rock this summer. The band tour Japan at the end of September.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA["Chicks want to play metal too," say Sugar Yoshinaga (left) and Yuka Yoshimura.]]></image:caption>
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			<image:caption><![CDATA[Rock's high priestess Patti Smith]]></image:caption>
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