Hikae yagura is Zamoto (leaders of theatrical companies) which took over the performance rights and ran the theaters on behalf of the playhouses (Hon yagura [the three licensed theaters, Edo Sanza]) authorized by the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) because the playhouses could not give any performance due to financial woes etc. in the Edo period.
控櫓（ひかえやぐら）とは、江戸時代に江戸幕府公認の芝居小屋（本櫓）が経営難などで興行が出来なくなった場合に、興行権を譲り受けて劇場運営を代行した座元のことである。