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Essayist Kayoko Ebina, Wife of First-Generation Rakugo Performer Hayashiya Sanpei, Dies at 92

A public farewell is scheduled for January 9 at Kan'eiji Rinno-den in Ueno Park with her eldest son Hayashiya Shōzō serving as chief mourner.

Overview

  • Ebina died of natural causes on December 24, 2025, at age 92.
  • A private funeral was held with close relatives.
  • The public farewell will take place on January 9, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Kan'eiji Rinno-den in Taitō Ward's Ueno Park.
  • Born in 1933 in Tokyo's Honjo district, she came from a family that ran the fishing-rod shop Saochū.
  • She married the first-generation Hayashiya Sanpei in 1952, had two sons and two daughters, and later spoke widely about losing six relatives in the March 1945 Tokyo air raids.