MIYATOZA
   
Names Miyatoza
Azumaza
City Tôkyô
History

November 1887: opening of the Azumaza near the Sumida Park; the opening program is entitled "Yoshitsune Senbon Butai no Hatsuseki" (in fact it is the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura") and it features the actors Ichikawa Kuzô III, Sawamura Tosshi VII, Sawamura Tanosuke IV and Ichikawa Hakuzô III.

November 1896: the Azumaza is renamed Miyatoza; the opening program is made up of "Hosokawa Seichizome no Gosho", "Komochi Yamanba" and "Seichû Kokoro no Akagaki". The main actors of the casting are Sawamura Tosshi VII, Sawamura Tosshô III, Nakamura Shikaku I and Onoe Kikushirô III.

June 1907: the dance-drama "Kyô Ningyô" is staged for the first time under the title "Meisaku Hidari Kogatana" at the Miyatoza with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The carver Hidari Jingorô Ichikawa Tsurunosuke
The spirit of the doll Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Jingorô's wife Otoku Iwai Kumesaburô V

January 1898: premiere at the Miyatoza of Segawa Jokô IV's drama "Shinsaku Yakko no Koman", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Oyuki, later Yakko no Koman Sawamura Tosshô III
Kakei Kotarô Ichimura Kakitsu VI
The keisei Usugumo, later Oura Iwai Matsunosuke IV
Kizuya Tsunahê Bandô Matasaburô II

1 September 1923 (11:58 AM): Tôkyô is destroyed by a powerful earthquake called Kantô Daijishin, which kills more than 200,000 people; the Miyatoza is burnt to ashes.

February 1937: the Miyatoza becomes a music hall and a motion picture theater.

A 1914 Miyatoza playbill
 
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