Shintomi-za Theatre（3） untitled [ID] 2410 [Photographer] unknown [Album] [Place] Tokyo [Date] unknown [Color] color [Size] 134x86 [Cabinet] 51-32-0 [Keyword] urban facilities   Photographs of the same title In October 1872, the Morita-za Theatre moved from Asakusa Saruwaka-machi to Shintomi-cho, site of the former Shin (New) Shimabara pleasure quarter. The theatre was later renamed Shintomi-za. Unfortunately it burned down in 1876. The building in this photograph is the new theatre built in June 1878. A modern theatre without a yagura tower or hanging signboards, it had gas lighting inside for the first time in Japan. Taken in the second decade of the Meiji Period (1878-1888).