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Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Hana Kyôdai Nenjûgyôji at the Ichimura Theater


市村座辻番付 「花☆十二月所作(はなきょうだいねんじゅうぎょうじ)」
Artist unknown, Japanese
Publisher: Fukuchi Mohei (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Jûgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1840 (Tenpô 11), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 29.9 x 44.7 cm (11 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27914
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.27914, 11.28342

Tsuji banzuke produced to advertise the kabuki dance drama "Hana kyôdai nenjûgyôji" that was performed at the Ichimura Theater (Edo) from the 21st day of the 3rd lunar month of Tenpô 11 (1840). This drama featured music by Naga-uta, Tokiwazu and Takemoto-style chanters. The main feature was the play "Shimekazari otakara Soga" that had begun its run on the 10th day of the 2nd lunar month. The program was jointly published by Fukuchi Mohei and Yamamoto Jûgorô.
「花☆十二月所作」 はなきょうだいねんじゅうぎょうじ (外題)
1・2番目の間 腹鼓の僧、山猟師、月の紋日、若菜摘、春日詣、花見、卯の花売、女鉢木、石橋、菖蒲人形、七夕祭、やとひ奴
「七五三翫宝曽我」 しめかざりおたからそが (興行名)
市村座、江戸
天保11(1840) ・02月 ・10日より

版元備考:福地 茂兵衛、山本重五郎
Signed Unsigned
無款
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.