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Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座, Kabuki-za?) in Ginza is the principal theater in Tokyo for the
traditional kabuki drama form. It opened in 1889, and is one of the city's finest extant
examples of Meiji-era construction using Western materials in traditional Japanese
architectural styles.
The building was destroyed in a fire in 1921, and was uncompleted when the 1923
Kanto earthquake struck. It was rebuilt in a baroque Japanese revivalist style, meant
to evoke the Japanese castles of the 16th century; The theater was again destroyed
in the Allied bombing during World War II. It was rebuilt once again, as a
reconstruction of the 1924 structure, and today remains one of Tokyo's more
dramatic and traditional buildings.
Performances are held nearly every day at Kabuki-za, and tickets are sold for
individual acts as well as for the play in its entirety.
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Kabuki (歌舞伎, kabuki) is a form of traditional Japanese theater. Kabuki theater is
known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by its
performers.
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