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Shintomiza (Kabuki Theater)
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This photo shows the Shintomiza, a kabuki playhouse that once stood in Shintomicho, Chuo Ward, Tokyo. It appears in Nihon no Meisho (Famous Sights of Japan), published in 1900 (Meiji 33).
The Shintomiza began as the Moritaza, one of the Edo Sanza, the three licensed kabuki theaters of Edo, which opened in Kobikicho in 1660. It later changed the characters of its name (still read Moritaza), moved in 1872 (Meiji 5) from Saruwakacho in Asakusa to Shintomicho, and became the Shintomiza in 1875. The theater rebuilt in 1878 was known as the first theater in Japan to use gas lighting, and it drew crowds with plays starring Ichikawa Danjuro IX, Onoe Kikugoro V and others.
After it was damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, it was rebuilt the following year, but it became a movie theater, and the Shintomiza's days as a kabuki playhouse came to an end. Today an information board put up by Chuo Ward stands on the site.
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- 『日本之名勝』（明治33年12月）
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