Nakamura-za

Nakamura-za
中村座
Replica of the Nakamura-za at the Edo-Tokyo Museum
AddressNakahashi , Nihonbashi
Tokyo
Japan
TypeKabuki theater
Opened21 November 1624
Closed22 January 1893
Years active269

Nakamura-za (中村座) was one of the three main kabuki theatres of Edo alongside the Morita-za and Ichimura-za.[1]

  1. ^ Japanese Aesthetics and Culture: A Reader – Page 205 Nancy G. Hume – 1995 "While the Nakamura-za in Edo provides a detailed illustration of the physical design of a theater ... no two were identical. Theaters were, moreover, periodically rebuilt, for fires frequently ravaged Edo."