劇場という言葉はいつ日本で使われるようになりましたか？
Bunraku's history goes as far back as the 16th century but the origins of the modern form can be traced to the 1680s. It rose to popularity after the playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724) began a collaboration with the magnificent chanter Takemoto Gidayu (1651-1714), who established the Takemoto puppet theater in Osaka in 1684.
Originally, the term "Bunraku" referred only to the particular theater established in 1805 in Osaka, which was named the "Bunrakuza" after the puppeteering ensemble of Uemura Bunrakuken (, 1751–1810), an early 18th-century puppeteer from Awaji, whose efforts revived the flagging fortunes of the traditional puppet theater.
early 18th-century