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Contents Page (Mokuroku) for the series The Eighteen Great Kabuki Plays (Kabuki jûhachiban)


「歌舞伎十八番 目録」
Torii Kiyosada (Japanese, 1844–1901)
Hasegawa Kanpei XIV (Tadakiyo) (Japanese, 1847–1929)
Publisher: Hasegawa Sumi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Yatarô (Hori Yata) (Japanese, 1850–1913)
Printer: Surikô Ôkame (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), December 12

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24 cm (14 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession NumberRES.53.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 201-0124, 201-0143, 201-0163, 201-0189
DescriptionThe complete series, plus contents page: RES.53.1 to RES.53.19. (The series also included a title page, which is not in the MFA collection; see Waseda db 201-0123.) The date and publication information for each print was in the left margin, which has been cut off of these impressions.
Signed Moko-e (Copies of Old Pictures) Saitô Chôhô Torii Kiyosada hitsu; Nigao-e (Portraits) Jûyonsei Hasegawa Kanbei Jusôsô Tadakiyo hitsu
模古絵斉藤蝶蜂 鳥居清貞筆、 似顔画十四世長谷川勘兵衛 寿双々忠清筆
Marks Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Yata
Printer's mark: Surikô Ôkame
Artists' seals: Kiyosada, Tadakiyo
彫師:彫工弥太
摺師:摺工大亀
Provenance1953, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: March 12, 1953)