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


桐座顔見世番付
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Matsumotoya Mankichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1784 (Tenmei 4), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 32 x 45.8 cm (12 5/8 x 18 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30399
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark et al., The Actor's Image (1994), p. 33, fig. 6 (Akiba bunko impression)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.27383, 11.30399

Theater: Kiri
1784、甲辰、天明04、11・01
劇場: 桐
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
絵師鳥居清満筆
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.