Asahiza - Asahiza

Japanese: 朝日座 - あさひざ

A theater located in Dotonbori, Osaka. Successor to the Kadomaru Theater, it was called the Asahi-za from 1882 and hosted young kabuki and shinpa performances. In 1909, Shochiku used this theater to expand into Osaka. It later became a movie theater, and burned down in 1945. In January 1956, it was rebuilt as the Bunraku-za on the site of the Benten-za. In 1963, Shochiku gave up Bunraku, and in August of the same year it was renamed the Asahi-za and relaunched as a commercial theater, but in February 1984, it closed after its final joint kabuki and bunraku performance.

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Japanese:

大阪道頓堀にあった劇場。角丸 (かどまる) の芝居の後身で，1882年から朝日座と称し，若手歌舞伎や新派が上演され，1909年松竹はこの座をもって大阪進出をはかる。のち映画館となり，45年焼失。 56年1月，弁天座跡に文楽座として再建。 63年に松竹が文楽を手放したため同年8月に朝日座と改称，商業演劇の劇場として新発足したが，84年2月，歌舞伎・文楽合同公演を最後に閉館した。

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