Kobiki-chō Performance from "Guide to Famous Spots of Edo Vol.1"
Compiled by Saitō Chōshū, Painted by Hasegawa Settan 1834-1836 (Tempō 5 to Tempō 7) Kaga Collection 256
Kobiki-chō was home to the playhouses of Morita-za Theater and Yamamura-za Theater. Though it flourished as the four kabuki theaters of Edo together with Nakamura-za/Ichimura-za Theater in Sakai-chō and Fukiya-chō, Yamamura-za Theater ceased to exist as a result of the Ejima-Ikushima affair in 1714. Consequently, the kabuki theaters of Edo reduced to three.
