Ichimuraza Theatre

Japanese: 市村座 - いちむらざ

Kabuki theater. One of the three Edo theaters. It began as the Murayama Theater, built in Sakaicho (later Fukiyacho) by Murayama Matasaburo in 1634 (Kan'ei 11). Later, Ichimura Uzaemon, the first to hold the name, took over the performance rights, and around the Kanbun era (1661-1673), he had his adopted son Ichimura Takenojo, the first to hold the Ichimura Theater, build a tower, and successive Uzaemons served as the theater's owner. The waiting tower was the Kiri Theater. In 1842 (Tenpo 13), it moved to Saruwakacho, Asakusa. In the Meiji era, Uzaemon 14 retired and Murayama Matasaburo II became the owner of the theater, changing its name to Murayama-za. It was later renamed Miyamoto-za and Satsuma-za, and in 1878 (Meiji 11), it was renamed Ichimura-za, but it no longer had any connection to the Ichimura family. In 1892, it moved to Nichomachi, Shitaya, and from 1908 (Meiji 41), Tamura Nariyoshi took over management, ushering in a golden age known as the Ichimura-za era, with young kabuki actors centered around Onoe Kikugoro 6 and Nakamura Kichiemon I. However, it declined in the late Taisho era, and was burned down in May 1932 (Showa 7), and the name of the theater was lost.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

[Reference] | The Three Theatres of Edo

Current performance at Ichimuraza
This is a scene from the Ichimuraza Theater, one of the three great Edo theaters, where the impresario entertains the actors and other members when the theater is fully booked. The actors are depicted eating and drinking in the dressing room, and their names are included. Utagawa Kunisada's "Fukiyacho Ichimuraza Theater Full-Selling Atari Fumikae Dressing Room" Triptych, owned by the National Diet Library .

Current performance at Ichimuraza

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

歌舞伎(かぶき)劇場。江戸三座の一つ。1634年（寛永11）に村山又三郎(またさぶろう)が堺町(さかいちょう)（のちに葺屋(ふきや)町）に建てた村山座が始まりで、のち名義初世の市村宇左衛門(うざえもん)が興行権を譲り受け、寛文(かんぶん)（1661～73）のころ養子の初世市村竹之丞(たけのじょう)に市村座として櫓(やぐら)をあげさせ、以後代々の羽左衛門(うざえもん)が座元を務めた。控(ひかえ)櫓は桐(きり)座であった。1842年（天保13）浅草猿若(さるわか)町に移転。明治に入ると14世羽左衛門が引退して、2世村山又三郎が座元となり村山座と改名。その後、宮本座、薩摩(さつま)座と改め、1878年（明治11）市村座と復名したが、すでに市村家とのつながりはなかった。92年下谷二長町(にちょうまち)に移り、1908年（明治41）から田村成義(なりよし)が経営にあたって、6世尾上(おのえ)菊五郎、初世中村吉右衛門(きちえもん)を中心とする若手歌舞伎で市村座時代といわれる黄金期を招いた。しかし大正後期には衰え、32年（昭和7）5月に焼失、座名は絶えた。

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