The Ichimura-za (市村座) was a major kabuki theatre in the Japanese capital of Edo (later, Tokyo), for much of the Edo period, and into the 20th century...

Although kabuki was performed widely across Japan, the Nakamura-za, Ichimura-za and Kawarazaki-za theatres became the most widely known and popular kabuki theatres...

Shinsengumi Toshikazu Ichimura (born 1941), Japanese aikidoka Ichimura Uzaemon XI (十一代目市村羽左衛門, 1791–1820), Japanese kabuki theater owner Ichimura-za (市村座), a former...

name Ichimura Uzaemon XIV in a traditional actor naming ceremony called a shūmei. He became the zamoto (manager, troupe head) of the Ichimura-za. In November...

Tokyo), and became a hit in the neighborhood, where the Nakamura-za and Ichimura-za once stood. The first eatery to sell it as a business is claimed to...

(play). In the Kaei period (1848–1854), it was first performed in Nakamura-za as Hana Sagano Nekoma Ishibumi Shi (史). The "Sagano" in the title is a place...

latest son of the hereditary owners, such as at the Nakamura-za, Morita-za and Ichimura-za. Japan Quarterly, 1969, p. 302 (Asahi Shinbunsha) v t e v t...

Ichimura Uzaemon XI (十一代目市村羽左衛門, Jūichi-daime Ichimura Uzaemon) (1791-11 July 1820) was a zamoto (theatre owner-manager) of the Ichimura-za kabuki theatre...

right of the audience. The hanamichi was first used in 1668 in the Kawarazaki-za, in the form of a simple wooden plank that reached from the centre of the...

Nakamura-za (中村座) was one of the three main kabuki theatres of Edo alongside the Morita-za and Ichimura-za. It was founded in 1624 by Nakamura Kanzaburō...