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*''Japanese'': 河原崎座 ''(Kawarazaki-za)''
The Kawarazaki-za was, on and off, one of the three main licensed [[kabuki]] theaters in [[Edo]] during the second half of the [[Edo period]].
Originally founded by [[Kawarazaki Gonnosuke III]], the Kawarazaki-za became officially recognized and licensed by local authorities to operate as one of the city's three licensed theatres in [[1734]], following the bankruptcy of the [[Morita-za]]. Through what was known as the ''[[hikae yagura]]'' system, the Morita-za's license was transferred to the Kawarazaki-za.
Over the next century or so, the fortunes of the Morita-za rose and fell, periodically reclaiming its license and then being forced to give it up to the Kawarazaki-za again.<ref>Timothy Clark, "Edo Kabuki in the 1780s," ''The Actor's Image'', Art Institute of Chicago (1994), 28.</ref>
In [[1843]], with the relocation of the [[Nakamura-za]] and [[Ichimura-za]] theatres to Saruwaka-chô 1-chôme and 2-chôme respectively, the Kawarazaki-za was also moved, to Saruwaka-chô 3-chôme, in the [[Asakusa]] neighborhood, as the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] worked to construct and then control a new licensed theatre district.<ref>Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46301338735/sizes/h/]</ref>
The Kawarazaki-za saw a number of significant moments in kabuki history take place on its stage, including the premiere in [[1840]] of ''[[Kanjincho|Kanjinchô]]'' (the kabuki version of the [[Noh]] play ''[[Ataka]]'') and the [[1874]] ''[[shumei|shûmei]]'' ceremony in which [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] took on that name.<ref>Gallery labels, Kabuki-za Gallery.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50017569487/sizes/3k/]</ref>
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==References==
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
The Kawarazaki-za was, on and off, one of the three main licensed [[kabuki]] theaters in [[Edo]] during the second half of the [[Edo period]].
Originally founded by [[Kawarazaki Gonnosuke III]], the Kawarazaki-za became officially recognized and licensed by local authorities to operate as one of the city's three licensed theatres in [[1734]], following the bankruptcy of the [[Morita-za]]. Through what was known as the ''[[hikae yagura]]'' system, the Morita-za's license was transferred to the Kawarazaki-za.
Over the next century or so, the fortunes of the Morita-za rose and fell, periodically reclaiming its license and then being forced to give it up to the Kawarazaki-za again.<ref>Timothy Clark, "Edo Kabuki in the 1780s," ''The Actor's Image'', Art Institute of Chicago (1994), 28.</ref>
In [[1843]], with the relocation of the [[Nakamura-za]] and [[Ichimura-za]] theatres to Saruwaka-chô 1-chôme and 2-chôme respectively, the Kawarazaki-za was also moved, to Saruwaka-chô 3-chôme, in the [[Asakusa]] neighborhood, as the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] worked to construct and then control a new licensed theatre district.<ref>Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/46301338735/sizes/h/]</ref>
The Kawarazaki-za saw a number of significant moments in kabuki history take place on its stage, including the premiere in [[1840]] of ''[[Kanjincho|Kanjinchô]]'' (the kabuki version of the [[Noh]] play ''[[Ataka]]'') and the [[1874]] ''[[shumei|shûmei]]'' ceremony in which [[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] took on that name.<ref>Gallery labels, Kabuki-za Gallery.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/50017569487/sizes/3k/]</ref>
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
