芝しば居い茶ぢゃ屋や

noun

tearoom attached to a theater (esp. kabuki)

Historical term for a tea house located within or adjacent to a kabuki theater, where patrons could rest and take refreshments during performances.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、芝しば居い茶ぢゃ屋やは観かん客きゃくが幕まく間あいに休きゅう憩けいする場ば所しょだった。

  In the Edo period, shibai-jaya were places where audiences rested during intermissions.