Nakamura-za

• Built: 1624
• Destroyed: 1893/1/22
• Other Names: 都座、猿若座、鳥越座 (Miyako-za, Saruwaka-za, Torigoe-za)
• Japanese: 中村座　(Nakamura-za)

The Nakamura-za was one of the three chief licensed kabuki theatres in Edo.

It was established by Nakamura (Saruwaka) Kanzaburô I in 1624, at Nakabashi in Edo. Over the years, it moved from Nakabashi to Negi-chô, then to Sakai-chô, then to Saruwaka-chô, along with the city's other major theatres.

The theatre went bankrupt and closed in 1876; it reopened a number of times afterwards, but struggled severely and was never successful again. When the building was destroyed by fire in 1893, it was not rebuilt.

References

• "Nakamura-za" 中村座. Digital Daijisen デジタル大辞泉. Shogakukan, Inc.
• "Nakamuraza." Kabuki21.com.