In the Meiji period, as the result that theaters were corporatized and Zamoto lost the management right, 'Kanzaburo NAKAMURA' became simply one of professional names of actors.
そして明治になると劇場が企業化し、経営権が座元の手から離れた結果、「中村勘三郎」は単に役者の名跡のひとつとなった。