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Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Kanadehon Chûshingura at the Nakamura Theater


中村座辻番付 「仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)」
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e), ink on paper
Dimensions 28.8 x 38 cm (11 5/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27172
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kanadehon Chûshingura
Theater: Nakamura
1771、辛卯、明和08、05・05
中村
仮名手本忠臣蔵(かなでほんちゅうしんぐら)、10段目 天川屋の段残らず
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.