Yagurashita - Yagurashita

Japanese: 櫓下 - やぐらした

[1] [noun] ① Under the tower . ② Especially in Edo period theaters, under the tower. There were signs with the stage names of the head of a theater company and female actors written on them, so by extension, the term also refers to the head of a theater company or the leading actor of a theater company. *Zappai, Yanagi Taru-22 (1788) "A place where the actors and prostitutes are under the tower" [2] One of the pleasure quarters in Fukagawa. It was located near the fire watchtower near the first torii gate of Edo Fukagawa Tomioka Hachiman Shrine and was bustling as one of the Seven Fukagawa Places. Yagura.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 櫓(やぐら)の下。② 特に、江戸時代の劇場で、やぐらの下。そこには座頭(ざがしら)や女形の立者などの芸名が看板に書かれて掲げられていたので、転じて、座頭や一座の代表俳優もいう。※雑俳・柳多留‐二二（1788）「やぐら下やくしゃと女郎居る所」[2] 深川の遊里の一つ。江戸深川富岡八幡の一の鳥居の近くの火の見櫓付近で、深川七場所の一つとして賑った。やぐら。

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