Nakamura-za

Nakamura-za (中村座) was one of the three main kabuki theatres of Edo alongside the Morita-za and Ichimura-za.^[1]

Nakamura-za
中村座

Replica of the Nakamura-za at the Edo-Tokyo Museum
Address	Nakahashi, Nihonbashi Tokyo Japan
Type	Kabuki theater
Opened	21 November 1624
Closed	22 January 1893
Years active	269

History

It was founded in 1624 by Nakamura Kanzaburō 1st. The Nakamura-za relocated to the new capital Tokyo in 1868 and reopened under Nakamura Kanzaburō I's last direct descendant Nakamura Kanzaburo XIII (1828–1895) as zamoto.^[2] It was later also called the Miyako-za (都座).^[3]

A real-size replica of the Nakamura-za is located at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.