The Morita-za (森田座・守田座), also known later as the Shintomi-za (新富座), was one of the major Kabuki theaters in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) during the Edo period...

(演劇改良運動, Engeki Kairyō Undō). He was also friends with Morita Kan'ya XII (十二代目守田勘弥)), the owner-manager of the Shintomiza Theatre, and an employee of the British...

Morita Kanya XII (十二代目守田勘弥) (9 November 1846 – 21 August 1897) was the leading Japanese theatre manager of the first half of the Meiji period, between...