Advanced Search
中村座辻番付 「寿」(ことぶきき)
Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Kotobuki Kyôgen at the Nakamura Theater
中村座辻番付 「寿」(ことぶきき)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
29 x 36.4 cm (11 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27994
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTsuji banzuke for the kabuki performance "Kotobuki kyôgen" that was staged at the Nakamura Theater (Edo) from around the 17th day of the 4th lunar month of Kaei 3 (1850).
「寿狂言」 ことぶききょうげん
中村座、江戸
嘉永03(1850) ・04月 ・17日より
「寿狂言」 ことぶききょうげん
中村座、江戸
嘉永03(1850) ・04月 ・17日より
Signed
Unsigned
無款
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.
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.