Morita Kanya XII, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Morita Kanya XII

Japanese theatre manager

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1846

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1897

Profession: theater director, kabuki actor

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Morita Kanya XII (????????) (9 November 1846 – 21 August 1897) was the leading Japanese theatre manager of the first half of the Meiji period, between 1868 and 1912.
He built the first modern theater, the Shintomi-za (???), which incorporated Western features such as gaslights and chairs.
The theater opened in June 1878, and was located at a foreign settlement in Tsukiji, Tokyo.
He was also a crucial factor in attracting the new audience, the aristocracy, into the kabuki theaters (Kikan).