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{{Infobox Theatre
|name           = Nakamura-za<br>中村座
|image          = File:Edo-Tokyo Museum - lifesize replica of the Nakamura-za kabuki theater 01.jpg
|caption        = Replica of the Nakamura-za at the [[Edo-Tokyo Museum]]
|address        = Nakahashi , [[Nihonbashi]]
|city           = [[Tokyo]]
|country        = [[Japan]]
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|type           = Kabuki theater
|opened         = 21 November 1624
|yearsactive    = 269 
|rebuilt        = 
|closed         = 22 January 1893
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'''{{nihongo|Nakamura-za|中村座|}}''' was one of the three main ''[[kabuki]]'' theatres of [[Edo]] alongside the [[Morita-za]] and [[Ichimura-za]].<ref>''Japanese Aesthetics and Culture: A Reader'' – Page 205 Nancy G. Hume – 1995 "While the Nakamura-za in Edo provides a detailed illustration of the physical design of a theater ... no two were identical. Theaters were, moreover, periodically rebuilt, for fires frequently ravaged Edo."</ref>

== 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]].<ref>''Kabuki Plays on Stage: Restoration and Reform, 1872–1905'' – Page 3 James R. Brandon, Samuel L. Leiter – 2003 "dwindled to the point that the Nakamura-za was dark for fifty-eight days and the Ichimura-za for thirty-eight. That autumn, in a display of political awareness, the Morita-za and the Nakamura-za joined forces to stage the prophetically titled Dedication of Loyalty to the Eastern Capital (Azuma no Miyako Chushin Yurai), with "eastern capital" being ...Tokyo" "In Tokyo the three licensed theatres continued without change"</ref>  It was later also called the '''Miyako-za''' ({{lang|ja|都座}}).<ref>{{cite book
|editor-last    = Tsuji
|editor-first   = Nobuo
|script-title   = ja:浮世絵八華. 4, 写楽
|language       = ja
|title          = Sharaku
|script-chapter = ja:写楽の謎と鍵
|series         = Ukiyo-e hakka
|volume         = 4
|year           = 1985
|publisher      = Heibonsha
|isbn           = 4-582-66204-8
|page           = 82}}</ref>

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

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== External links ==
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*[https://www.kabuki21.com/nakamuraza.php Nakamura-za at Kabuki21.com]

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[[Category:Former kabuki theatres]]
[[Category:Nihonbashi, Tokyo]]


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