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


山村座顔見世番付
Japanese
Edo period
1709 (Hôei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 31.9 x 38.7 cm (12 9/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1679
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1679, 11.27126

Theater: Yamamura

The Yamamura theater operated in Edo from 1642 to 1714 and was closed as a result of the Ejima-Ikushima affair.
1709、己丑、宝永06、11・01
劇場: 山村
座元: 山村長太夫
Signed Unsigned
無款
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)