- A
zamoto (座元) is a
manager of a
kabuki theatre. Historically, the
zamoto owned the
theatre and was
responsible for
obtaining performance rights from the...
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priest in 1664,
leaving ten-year-old
Ichimura Takenojō I as his
successor as
zamoto (manager) of the theatre. It was then
renamed the "Ichimura-Takenojō-za"...
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reflect not the
birth and
death of the actor, but
rather the
years during which he
served as
zamoto, or head of the theatre. Kawarazaki-za at Kabuki21.com...
- (1662 –
August 1674) – actor,
zamoto and son of Kanzaburō I.
Nakamura Kanzaburō III (September 1674 –
August 1678) – actor,
zamoto and son of Kanzaburō I. Nakamura...
- (1791-11 July 1820) was a
zamoto (theatre owner-manager) of the Ichimura-za
kabuki theatre in Edo, ****an. Like many
zamoto, he was
raised in a kabuki...
- hold the name
Morita Kan'ya.
Previous bearers of the name were
managers (
zamoto) of the Morita-za
kabuki theatre in Edo (later Tokyo)
until 1894. Kan'ya...
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great bunraku playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon specifically for Tōjūrō. As
zamoto, Tōjūrō not only
performed regularly, but
oversaw the
production of plays...
- Kanzaburō I's last
direct descendant Nakamura Kanzaburo XIII (1828–1895) as
zamoto. It was
later also
called the Miyako-za (都座). A real-size
replica of the...
- XIV in a
traditional actor naming ceremony called a shūmei. He
became the
zamoto (manager,
troupe head) of the Ichimura-za. In
November 1868, he produced...
- that the Shintomi-za explored.
Morita Kanya XII, then head of the
theater (
zamoto) was
forced to hand over
official management duties in 1894, due to financial...
