[2] Until the Meiji-za was rebuilt in Hama-chô,[2] the Suehiro-za, a small theater in the Azabu Jûban district, served as a temporary replacement.

[2] The Meiji-za was burned down in the bombings of World War II, but reopened in December 1950.

[2] The Meiji-za put on two especially grand kabuki performances in March and April 1993 to celebrate three years of extensive renovations.

[2] In 2023, the Meija-za opened its 150th anniversary season with its first ever original musical, CESARE ~ Creator of Destruction ~, based on Fuyumi Soryo's manga of the same name.

[3] For this production, an orchestra pit was created there for the first time in the theatre's history.