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*''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 Kanzaburo I|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.

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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91%E5%BA%A7 Nakamura-za]" 中村座. Digital Daijisen デジタル大辞泉. Shogakukan, Inc.
*"[http://www.kabuki21.com/nakamuraza.php Nakamuraza]." Kabuki21.com.

[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
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