Advanced Search
Advanced Search

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


中村座顔見世番付
Japanese
Edo period
1771 (Meiwa 8), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e), ink on paper
Dimensions 31.5 x 44 cm (12 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27171
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTheater: Nakamura
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.