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市村座辻番付 「仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）」
Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Kanadehon Chûshingura at the Ichimura Theater
市村座辻番付 「仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）」
Japanese
Edo period
1793 (Kansei 5), 5th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
28.6 x 39 cm (11 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27478
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Ichimura
1793、癸丑、寛政０５、05・13
市村
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
Theater: Ichimura
1793、癸丑、寛政０５、05・13
市村
仮名手本忠臣蔵（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら）
Signed
Unsigned
無款
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.
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.