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|name           = Takemoto-za<br />竹本座
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|city           = [[Osaka]]
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|type           = [[Bunraku]] theatre
|opened         = 1684
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The '''Takemoto-za''' ({{lang|ja|竹本座}}) was a ''[[bunraku]]'' theatre in [[Osaka]], founded in 1684 by [[Takemoto Gidayū]]. Plays by many famous playwrights were performed there, including works by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]], [[Namiki Sōsuke]], and [[Takeda Izumo I]]. Many of the playwrights working at the Takemoto-za worked together, as a committee, as was the custom at the time.

The Takemoto-za had a fierce rival in the [[Toyotake-za]], built by one of Takemoto Gidayū's former disciples.

Though ''bunraku'' remained exceptionally popular through 1764, at that time it began to be eclipsed by [[kabuki]] and to fall into decline. The Takemoto-za was forced to close in 1767, and though it opened once more after that, it soon afterwards closed again.

==References==
*Frederic, Louis (2002). "Japan Encyclopedia." Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.
*[http://www.kabuki21.com/glossaire_7.php Kabuki Glossary at Kabuki21.com]. Accessed 14 September 2006.

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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1684]]
[[Category:1767 disestablishments]]
[[Category:Bunraku]]
[[Category:Culture in Osaka]]
[[Category:Former theatres in Japan]]
[[Category:1684 establishments in Japan]]