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November 21st is the anniversary of the opening of the Kabukiza Theater.
Kabukiza was opened in 1889 in 1889, as described in the Kabukiza Theater's "Transition of Kabukiza" page.
Genichiro Fukuchi, the chief writer and president of the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun (currently the Mainichi Shimbun), played a central role in the opening of the theater, and was eager to engage in theatrical improvement campaign.

I can't imagine it now, but the exterior at that time was Western-style, and the interior was a Japanese-style (Japanese cypress-made) three-story building.
It is said that it was a large theater with a capacity of 1,824 people and a stage of 23.63m.

On the other hand, the current Kabukiza is in the fifth term, following the design since the third term, and almost faithfully reproduces the exterior of the fourth term theater.
And surprisingly, the number of seats is 1,808 except for the Makumi seats, which is slightly less than the capacity at the time of opening! (* If you include the Makumi seats, there are currently about 80 seats.)
From here, you can see how large Kabukiza was at the time of its opening.

November 28, 1872 is the day when the name of the luck office was unified with customs.
As detailed information can be found on the Tokyo Customs History page, it was triggered by the Japan-US Peace Treaty, which was concluded in 1854, when Perry made his second visit to Japan, and that maritime and diplomatic affairs were carried out.

In 1859, a transport station was first set up at the ports of Nagasaki, Kanagawa and Hakodate (Hakodate), and in October 1867, at the Edo Tsukiji Gunsho (currently Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku).
In Akashicho, historical sites related to it are still unknown.

According to the monument, "The Edo Shogunate designated the area of Akashicho in Edo Tsukiji Tepposhu in 1867 as a foreign settlement, and set up a luck office in this area to perform customs duties. This is the beginning of Tokyo Customs."

I have visited this historic site several times so far, but I was not very conscious because customs itself was not familiar.
However, by looking at this time again, as in Yokohama, Kobe, and Tsukiji, I was able to recognize once again the strong connection between customs and foreign settlements!
In the future, I would like to delve into the relationship between the luck office and the Tsukiji settlement.♪