There is "Shintomi Inari Shrine" between Kyobashi Tax Office and Shin-ohashi-dori St. This area is the site of Shintomiza Theater Town. The shrine luck is unknown, but there is a Chozuya dedicated to Mitsugoro Bando, the seventh generation.
After the Meiji Restoration, this area became the Shin-Shimabara Yukaku, and was located in front of the geisha tower called Nakamanjiro, so it was also called Nakamanji Inari. After the abolition of the Yukaku, in 1872 (1872), the 12th generation Kanya Morita rebuilt Morita-za (later Shintomiza) to Shintomi-cho. Was it tutelary shrine in the play town because it is depicted in the picture of the Shintomiza neighborhood at the time of the Meiji era? At present, there is a Chozuya engraved on the grounds of "Dedicated Bando Mitsugoro" and the name of "Seventh Bando Mitsugoro".
The eldest son of Kanya Morita, the 12th generation of Morita-za, was adopted by the Mitsugoro Bando family and became the seventh generation Mitsugoro Bando, so he became Morita's surname. The name is Yamatoya. There are three big crests. It is said that Mitsugoro Bando, the tenth generation, was named "Kotobuki" in honor of the seventh generation's real name, Jusaku. The tenth generation died of pancreatic cancer on February 21. 59 years of age.
Morita-za, the predecessor of Shintomiza, is one of Edo Sanza, and initially raised a tower in Kibiki-cho as Morita-za. An illustration is included in the "Edo Famous Zoukai", and an explanation board is installed on the site. Later, he moved to Asakusa and Saruwaka-cho, and moved to Shintomi-cho in the Meiji era to perform. In front of the central metropolitan tax office, there is an explanation board for the site of Shintomiza. @ Akira Makibuchi
