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Season-opening Program (Kaomise banzuke) for the Ichimura Theater


市村座顔見世番付
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Publisher: Fukuchi Mohei (Japanese)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Jûgorô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 33.7 x 47.9 cm (13 1/4 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1500
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1500, 00.1505, 00.1508, 00.1523, 11.28295

Kaomise banzuke produced to advertise the annual "face showing" ceremony at the Ichimura Theater (Edo) in celebration of the opening of the new kabuki year and the theater's newly formed acting troupe. Published on an "auspicious day" in the 11th lunar month of Kaei 3 (1850) by Fukuchi Mohei and Yamamoto Jûgorô.
顔見世番付
市村座、江戸
嘉永03(1850) ・11月 ・吉日より
「嘉永三庚戌年、戌霜月吉日」

版元備考: 福地 茂兵衛、山本 重五郎
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
絵師鳥居清満筆
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)