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While kabuki continued to be performed chiefly only at the few licensed theaters in each city, small theaters called ''[[yose]]'' sprang up over the course of the 18th century, throughout Edo and other cities, hosting performances of a wide variety of other arts, including ''[[rakugo]]'', ''[[joruri|jôruri]]'' chanting, stage magic, and shadowplay shows.<ref>Ikegami, 316.</ref>

While kabuki continued to be performed chiefly only at the few licensed theaters in each city, small theaters called ''[[yose]]'' sprang up over the course of the 18th century, throughout Edo and other cities, hosting performances of a wide variety of other arts, including ''[[rakugo]]'', ''[[joruri|jôruri]]'' chanting, stage magic, and shadowplay shows.<ref>Ikegami, 316.</ref>

The theatre district, located near the city's commercial center at Nihonbashi, was destroyed in a fire in [[1841]]. Following this, the authorities obliged the theaters to rebuild in Saruwaka-chô, a neighborhood on the northeastern edges of the city, near [[Asakusa]] (and the Buddhist temple of [[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]]), and the [[Yoshiwara]].<ref>Christine Guth, Art of Edo Japan, ''Yale University Press'' (1996), 94.</ref>

The theatre district, located near the city's commercial center at Nihonbashi, was destroyed in a fire in [[1841]]. Following this, the authorities obliged the theaters to rebuild in Saruwaka-chô, a neighborhood on the northeastern edges of the city, near [[Asakusa]] (and the Buddhist temple of [[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]]), and the [[Yoshiwara]].<ref>Christine Guth, ''Art of Edo Japan'', Yale University Press (1996), 94.</ref>

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