Ebisuza

Japanese: 戎座 - えびすざ
Ebisuza

...Towards the end of the Tenpo era (1830-44), the theater was renamed Chikugo Shibai and enjoyed a temporary boom. It burned down in 1876, but was rebuilt and renamed Ebisuza. In the early Meiji era, Nakamura Sojuro performed here many times, and from 1882 onwards it became a stronghold for theatrical reform, and in 1885 it staged Sakuradokizeninoyononaka, an adaptation of The Merchant of Venice. ...

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Japanese:

…天保(1830‐44)末年から筑後芝居と改称,一時盛りかえす。1876年に焼失,再建落成して戎座(えびすざ)と改名。明治初年は中村宗十郎の出演が多く,82年以降演劇改良の牙城となり,85年には《ベニスの商人》の翻案《何桜彼桜銭世中(さくらどきぜにのよのなか)》を上演する。…

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