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Meiji-za
Theatre in Tokyo, Japan

The Meiji-za (明治座, "Meiji Theatre") is a theatre in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally constructed in 1873. It presents kabuki and Western stage plays.

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History

The theatre first opened in the district of Hisamatsu-chô as the Kishô-za in 1873.2 Six years later it reopened under the name of Hisamatsu-za.3 In February 1885, it opened under a third name, Chitose-za,4 but burned down in 1890.5 In November 1893, it was rebuilt as the Meiji-za, the name that it holds today.6

In 1904, the Meiji-za underwent renovations, only to be burned down in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.7 Until the Meiji-za was rebuilt in Hama-chô,8 the Suehiro-za, a small theater in the Azabu Jûban district, served as a temporary replacement.9 The Meiji-za was burned down in the bombings of World War II, but reopened in December 1950.10 After a fire in 1957, it was reopened the next year.11

The Meiji-za put on two especially grand kabuki performances in March and April 1993 to celebrate three years of extensive renovations.12

In 2023, the Meija-za opened its 150th anniversary season with its first ever original musical, CESARE ~ Creator of Destruction ~, based on Fuyumi Soryo's manga of the same name.13 For this production, an orchestra pit was created there for the first time in the theatre's history.14

References

  1. Official Homepage http://www.en.meijiza.co.jp/ ↩

  2. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  3. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

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  6. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  7. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  8. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  9. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  10. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  11. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  12. "Meijiza". http://kabuki21.com/meijiza.php ↩

  13. "ミュージカル「チェーザレ 破壊の創造者」公式サイト". ミュージカル「チェーザレ 破壊の創造者」公式｜明治座 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-28. https://www.cesare-stage.com/ ↩

  14. 明治座創業以来初！オーケストラピットが出来るまでを大公開！｜ミュージカル『チェーザレ 破壊の創造者』, retrieved 2023-02-28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZXrD4qKvX0 ↩