https://haikutopics.blogspot.jp/2011/11/sakai-in-edo.html
Sakai Cho in Edo
A pleasure quarter near the center of town at Nihonbashi.
One of the three famous Kabuki theaters of Edo was located in Sakai.
source : carolyn staley prints.com
The Kabuki Theater at Sakai, Fukiyacho 葺屋町
Kitao Masayoshi Keisai (1764 - 1824)
Edo Sanza 江戸三座
the three famous Kabuki theaters of Edo
with a special permission from the city government （町奉行 machi bugyoo).
堺町・葺屋町 Sakai Machi
Kobikichoo 木挽町 Kobiki cho
猿若町 Saruwaka choo. later renamed Nakamura-za
- 猿若町 Saruwaka cho district
The name of the area is connected to the name of Saruwaka (Nakamura) Kanzaburo who is said to have been the founder of Edo-style Kabuki. The area featured a number of tea houses connected to the theaters which provided visitors with guidance, food, rest and other services, and many theater proprietors and actors settled in the area, forming massive entertainment district. The district flourished until the first year of the Meiji Era, however, the theaters relocated one after another thereafter and the theater town was lost.
- source and more photos : ndl.go.jp/landmarks/e -
Saruwaka Kanzaburō 猿若勘三郎 （1598 - 1658)
the founder of Edo kabuki and first in the premier Nakamura-za lineage.
It was not until the year AD 1624 that a man named Saruwaka Kanzaburo, at the command of the Shogun, opened the first theatre in Yedo in the Nakabashi, or Middle Bridge Street, where it remained until eight years later, when it was removed to the Ningyo, or Doll Street.
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Sakai Cho in Edo
A pleasure quarter near the center of town at Nihonbashi.
One of the three famous Kabuki theaters of Edo was located in Sakai.
source : carolyn staley prints.com
The Kabuki Theater at Sakai, Fukiyacho 葺屋町
Kitao Masayoshi Keisai (1764 - 1824)
Edo Sanza 江戸三座
the three famous Kabuki theaters of Edo
with a special permission from the city government （町奉行 machi bugyoo).
堺町・葺屋町 Sakai Machi
Kobikichoo 木挽町 Kobiki cho
猿若町 Saruwaka choo. later renamed Nakamura-za
- 猿若町 Saruwaka cho district
The name of the area is connected to the name of Saruwaka (Nakamura) Kanzaburo who is said to have been the founder of Edo-style Kabuki. The area featured a number of tea houses connected to the theaters which provided visitors with guidance, food, rest and other services, and many theater proprietors and actors settled in the area, forming massive entertainment district. The district flourished until the first year of the Meiji Era, however, the theaters relocated one after another thereafter and the theater town was lost.
- source and more photos : ndl.go.jp/landmarks/e -
Saruwaka Kanzaburō 猿若勘三郎 （1598 - 1658)
the founder of Edo kabuki and first in the premier Nakamura-za lineage.
It was not until the year AD 1624 that a man named Saruwaka Kanzaburo, at the command of the Shogun, opened the first theatre in Yedo in the Nakabashi, or Middle Bridge Street, where it remained until eight years later, when it was removed to the Ningyo, or Doll Street.
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