TAWARAMACHI

The Tawaramachi Station opened on the 30th of December 1927. It was decorated with plates displaying the names and mon of famous actors (mainly Kabuki actors), musicians or theaters. It was one of the 4 stations on the first subway line in Tôkyô, initially going from Asakusa to Ueno. This line became in 1953 the Ginza Line.

ACTORS BLAZONS

The mon of Bandô Mitsugorô VII

The mon of Bandô Shûchô III

The mon of Ichikawa Chûsha VII

The mon of Ichikawa Danjûrô X

The mon of Ichikawa Ennosuke II

The mon of Ichikawa Omezô IV

The mon of Ichikawa Sadanji II

The mon of Ichikawa Shôchô II

The mon of Ichimura Uzaemon XV

The mon of Jitsukawa Enjaku II

The mon of Kataoka Gadô IV

The mon of Kataoka Nizaemon XI

The mon of Matsumoto Kôshirô VII

The mon of Morita Kan'ya XIII

The mon of Nakamura Ganjirô I

The mon of Nakamura Kamon I

The mon of Nakamura Utaemon V

The mon of Onoe Kikugorô VI

The mon of Sawamura Sôjûrô VII

The mon of Sawamura Tanosuke V

MUSICIANS BLAZONS

The mon of Kineya Rokuzaemon XIII, the head of the Nagauta School of Music

The mon of Tokiwazu Mojidayû VII, the head of the Tokiwazu School of Music

The mon of Kiyomoto Enjudayû V, the head of the Kiyomoto School of Music

The mon of Fujimatsu Kagatayû VII, the head of the Fujimatsu branch of the Shinnai School of Music

THEATERS BLAZONS

The mon of the Kabukiza

The mon of the Shinbashi Enbujô

The mon of the Imperial Theater

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