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The stage of rakugo "Chuo-ku"

According to the magazine "Tokyo Guide" published by Tokyo City in 1907 (Meiji 40), there were 75 rakugo and colored vaudeville in Tokyo. These include Ningyocho Suehiro, Tachibanatei in Kanda, and Suzumototei in Kamino. There was almost one vaudeville in each ward, mainly for talks, and there were 24 houses. It is said that there are a total of 141 houses.

During the period from the Meiji era to the Taisho era, Genji-bushi and Yagi-bushi became popular nationwide, and in Kansai, Kawachi Ondo emerged and vaudeville spread.

As shown in the "Taisho era vaudeville distribution map", there were many vaudeville from Ningyocho and Kakigara-cho to Okazaki-cho, Kitajima-cho, Hatchobori Nakacho and Hatchobori Sachicho centered on the current Kayabacho. According to the memories I heard from my father, either Kikusho-tei or Kotobuki-tei in Kitajima-cho went out of business and replaced by a cinema before the war.

History of Yoseki

History of Yoseki Rakugo Stage "Chuo-ku"

During the Tenpo era (1830-43), it was called a vaudeville, but at that time there were no certain theaters, and they rented a large house such as a boarding house or a teahouse to perform. Gradually welcomed by the public, around the first year of culture (1804), about 33 seats were set up in Edo, 75 houses in 1815, and 130 in Bunsei 8 (1825). It has become. As the number of performers increases,

There is also a class called the foreground, the second, the third, the fourth, the middle entrance, the trace, the knees, and the true hit. In Showa, the foreground, the second, and the true hit.

The current third class has been created and simplified. Although it temporarily declined due to the reform of the Tempo, it recovered to 66 houses in the first year of Hiroka (1844) after Tadakuni Mizuno was dismissed. During the Meiji period, there was at least one vaudeville seat in one town, with a capacity of about 100 people. Kido coins usually have about 36 sentences, and there were options such as 4 lower tags, 10 sentences in the middle, and 6 sentences. Such an inexpensive vaudeville is the popular hall of fame of the common people, and continues to this day.

Let's convert the seat price at that time to the current monetary value.

36 sentences →　1,080 yen

Even if you add 4 sentences, 10 sentences in the middle, and 6 sentences, the total is 56 sentences, so it is 1,680 yen. The entrance fee for the fixed seats at Edo Nihonbashi-tei is 2,000 yen, so it can be said that it is almost the same as in the Edo period.

Chuo-ku, which was the stage of rakugo.

The stage of Rakugo in Chuo-ku, which was the stage of rakugo, "Chuo-ku"

I don't think there were many vaudevilles in Chuo-ku, but there are many rakugo set in Chuo-ku. As you can see from the attached materials, it is concentrated in Nihonbashi, Ningyocho (Karagaracho), Kayabacho, and Shintomicho, and I feel that there are few rakugo set in Ginza and Kyobashi. It would be great if there was a guide to listen to classical rakugo while visiting the location of the rakugo stage!