With a play number

A play number is a publicity material such as a flyer or poster created to promote the performance. It is a valuable resource that allows you to know not only the performance and actor information, but also the social situation at that time. In the digital archive, 106 pieces with play numbers performed in Yokohama from the Meiji era to the Taisho era are released.
Select "Search for materials", enter "with play number" in the keyword column, and check "7: Others" in the material type to search, and a list of play numbers will be displayed. Click the image name you want to view and the details screen will be displayed.

Digital Archive Yokohama's Memory URL: https://archive.lib.city.yokohama.lg.jp/museweb/ (external site)
In the digital archive, you can see high-definition images.

Please refer to "Yokohama's Play Number" (Chiyokichi Ikeda / edition of Yokohama City Library 1977) for the list of play numbers held in Municipal Central Library.

Shimoda-za pine ／ Lively seat ／ Minato-za (Minato-za) ／ Yokohama seat

Shimoda-za, which had been held since the Edo period, and Sano-Matsuza, which opened in the Meiji period, merged to move to Hagoromocho and became Shimoda-za Sannomatsu in October 1870. Shimodaza Sannomatsu was renamed "Shimoda Zahira Kiyo" in 1880 and "Hagoroza" in 1882 in Meiji 15 (1882), and continued to be rebuilt by fire until January 1915. .

[Shimodaza Sanno Matsu play number] (outside site)

[Shimodaza Sanno Matsu play number] (with small number) Early Meiji era (outside site)

In 1880, it opened in bustling town (now Isezakicho). Unlike large theaters such as Hagoromoza (Shimoshitaza Sannomatsu) and Minato-za, the bustling theater that can be enjoyed at a low price in a small theater was loved by people as a theater for the common people. In many cases, the same performance was repeated for a long time with sitting actors, but women called "handkerchief women" were busy as regular customers. From that situation, the small play in the lively seat was commonly called the "handkerchief play".
It was renamed "Asahiza" in July 1915, and later became a movie theater Kagetsu, followed by the post-war "Yokohama Kagetsu Movie Theater".

[With a lively play number] January 31, Meiji 23 (1890) (outside site)

On July 26, 1874, 1874, at 1-chome, Sumiyoshi-cho, at Nakamura Ganjaku Ichiza, "Kinsei Minato no Sakigake" and "Tomokutama no Nigiwai" Open. The chair is Kaemon Takashima. "Early Modern Port Kaikai" is a new contemporary drama by Joko Segawa (3rd generation), and "Toshotama Matsuri" is by Robun Kanagaki. It attracted a large audience with novelty, such as using gas lamps for stage lighting.
The performance continued while changing the management, but since July 14, 1900, the "World Mukono Honograph" box office was the last record.

[Minato-za play number] Opened from October 10, 1894 (outside site)

This performance was performed at Asakusa-za from August 31 to early October of the same year, and then was called by volunteers from Yokohama to perform at Minato-za for 10 days from October 10.
After the performance of Minato-za, Oto Jiro went on a tour of the battlefield, and conducted the results at the same Minato-za on January 2 of the following year as a “Senchi Observation Diary”. The Sino-Japanese War was also held in Tsutaza the following year.

Opened on January 31, 1901 in Kumoicho (now Akebono-cho, Naka-ku) as "Kumoi-za". Kumoi-za closed in January 1903, but on October 8 of the same year, it was renamed Yokohama-za and the stage was opened at Asajiro Fujisawa Ichiza. After that, he continued to perform mainly at the new theater, such as performing a long-term performance with a new school play by Masayoshi Mochizuki and others. It will be directly managed by Shochiku on September 3, 1915. In the performance of the drop, the fifth generation Ichimura Hazaemon and the fifth generation Utaemon Nakamura played Kotobuki Sanbaso. It was destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake on September 1, 1923, and was abandoned.

[Yokohamaza play number] Opened from September 6, 1919 (outside site)

Reference:

• “Theatre and Theater in Yokohama Meiji, Taisho, Showa” Yokohama Archives of History / Yokohama Archives of History 1992
• “Open Space No. 32,” Yokohama Archives of History 1990
• Kanson Arahata Works 9, Heibonsha 1977
• “Yokohama Books and Culture Municipal Central Library Opening Memorial Magazine” Municipal Central Library Opening Memorial Magazine Editorial Committee / edition Municipal Central Library 1994
• "Meiji Theater History" Tamotsu Watanabe / author Kodansha 2012
• Toshio Koshiba (History Dojin, Momijizaka, Momijizaka 1976-1982)
• “Yokohama Theater Magazine (4)” Shika Hiramatsu (“Local Yokohama”, No. 26.27 Yokohama City Library 1961)
• “Yokohama Theatre 140 Years”, Toshio Koshiba / author KS 2001