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


河原崎座顔見世番付
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 33.8 x 47.2 cm (13 5/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1499
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1485, 00.1497, 00.1499, 00.1507, 00.1524, 11.27757, 11.28316, 11.28317

Kaomise banzuke for the Kawarazaki Theater's annual "face showing " ceremony that opened the new kabuki season and presented the theater's newly formed acting troupe. The banzuke was published around the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of Kôka 4 (1847) by Maruya Jinpachi.
顔見世番付
河原崎座、江戸
弘化04(1847) ・11月 ・01日より
「弘化四丁未年霜月朔日より」

版元備考: 丸屋 甚八
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)