According to the gu ticket map (real estate registry) created in 1873, there was a house work called Gorobei Saishu at the corner of Chuo-dori Muromachi 3-chome and Honmachi 3-chome in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku. The size of the land is 187 tsubo. In the Edo period, the residence of the old town "Hikoemon Kitamura" was the house of my junior high school classmate. It seems that he ran a Machiaichaya "Kame no Obi" here. It seems that there is a "Kame no Obi" in the Kabuki performance, so it is imagined that it was a fun place for Nihonbashi Geisha (Hinohara Geisha) to come.
At the time of 1830, there was Kitamura Town Elderly Home, but in 1873 it was changed to the nearest home, so it is assumed that late Tokugawa shogunate brought about significant changes throughout the town.
(Excerpt from the map of 1873)
In an interview with a rakugo artist about Machiaichaya in the Meiji era, there are still things related to "Kame-no-O".
"At that time, the turtle tail of Surugacho, Kotobuki in Nihonbashi, and Shiba were Chitose and Kono three houses. I don't know if I'm outside, but these three houses were the most famous. I called a woman to drink, but I don't sleep as it is now. In order to meet even the Jojin (Iro), there was a cheerful teahouse called Kashiwaya in Sankai, although there was no Yaomatsu or a half planting of Mukaijima Suijin. And in the neighborhood, I was told that I wasn't a fool."
The waiting as a rental business originated from the waiting teahouse in the Edo period. Machiai Chaya was a teahouse used for the original waiting, such as gathering merchants and picking up travelers, but since the first year of the Meiji era, it has grown rapidly as a place to play with geisha in Hanayanagi Street.
In the survey to date, there is no information about Kabuki's performance "Kame no Obi". We will listen to Mr. Kazuki and approach Kabukiza, so we will inform you as soon as we get the information. Please look forward to it.