Miyatoza

Japanese: 宮戸座 - みやとざ

This was a small theater located behind Asakusa Park in Tokyo. It first opened in 1887 under the name Azuma-za. It was renamed Miyato-za in 1896, and after Yamakawa Kintaro became its owner, business improved and it became a leading small theater. Its heyday was from the end of the Meiji period to the Taisho period, when famous actors such as Sawamura Gennosuke IV and Onoe Taganojo III played active roles. It was destroyed by fire in the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and reopened in a temporary shed on December 31 of the same year. The full building was completed and restored in 1928, but it closed in February 1937 due to the changing times, when movies, light comedy, and revues were on the rise.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

東京浅草公園裏にあった小芝居の劇場。1887年吾妻座と称して初開場。96年宮戸座と改称，山川金太郎が座主になってから経営が順調になり，小芝居を代表する劇場となった。全盛は明治末期から大正にかけてで，4世沢村源之助，3世尾上多賀之丞ら名優が活躍した。1923年関東大震災で焼失，同年12月31日仮小屋で開場，28年には本建築が落成復興したが，37年2月映画，軽演劇，レビューなどの隆盛という時代の流れに押され廃座。

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