MITSUKOSHI GEKIJÔ
   
Names Mitsukoshi Gekijô
Mitsukoshi Theater
Théâtre Mitsukoshi
City Tôkyô
History

1927: opening of the Mitsukoshi Theater.

10 March 1945 (00:08 AM): 344 US Army B29 bombers dropped 2,000 tons of bombs on Tôkyô, killing more than 120,000 people and destroying almost everything, including the Mitsukoshi Gekijô.

December 1946: opening ceremony for the rebuilt Mitsukoshi Gekijô with a Kabuki troupe led by Nakamura Kichiemon I:

Drama Casting
Shima Chidori Nakamura Moshio IV (Akashiya Shimazô), Ichikawa Somegorô V (Matsushima Senta), Nakamura Matagorô II (Benten Oteru), Bandô Keizô I (Onaka), Nakamura Kichinojô I, Nakamura Kichijûrô II, Nakamura Kinnosuke I
Ono no Tôfû Nakamura Kichiemon I (Ono no Tôfû), Ichikawa Somegorô V (Daroku), Nakamura Kichijûrô II
Tsuri Onna Nakamura Kichiemon I (Tarôkaja), Nakamura Moshio IV (the ugly girl), Ichikawa Somegorô V (the daimyô), Nakamura Matagorô II (the princess)
Takatoki Ichikawa Somegorô V (Hôjô Takatoki), Nakamura Moshio IV (Osaragi Michinoku-no-Kami), Nakamura Matagorô II (Hôjô Takatoki's mistress Kinugasa), Ichikawa Danzô VIII (Akita Jônosuke), Nakamura Shichisaburô V, Bandô Keizô I, Nakamura Kichijûrô II
Ôgukiya Gyôu Nakamura Kichiemon I, Ichikawa Somegorô V, Ichikawa Danzô VIII, Nakamura Moshio IV, Nakamura Matagorô II, Nakamura Kichinojô I, Nakamura Kichijûrô II, Nakamura Kinnosuke I, Nakamura Shichisaburô V, Matsumoto Kintarô II
Yakko Dôjôji Nakamura Moshio IV

December 1949: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Ikutama Shinjû" was revived at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô, using a new script written by Uno Nobuo; it was staged in a program celebrating the 3rd anniversary of the opening of the new Mitsukoshi Gekijô with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Hitotsuya Kaheiji Ichikawa Ebizô IX
Kashiwaya Osaga Ôtani Tomoemon VII
Oriku Ichimura Uzaemon XVI
Inden'ya Chôsaku Kataoka Ichizô V
Okiwa Ôkawa Hashizô II
Unokichi Bandô Kamenosuke
Sôbê Nakamura Kichijûrô II
Ikumatsu Bandô Mitsunobu
Gohei Nakamura Takesaburô V
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