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Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Plays at the Nakamura Theater: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki, Sekitori Nidai Shôbuzuke, Kuruwa Bunshô


中村座辻番付 「源平布引滝(げいぺいぬのびきのたき)」、「関取二代勝負附(せきとりにだいのしょうぶづけ)」、「廓文章(くるわぶんしょう)」
Japanese
Edo period
1832 (Tenpô 3), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 31.4 x 42 cm (12 3/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27789
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Genpei Nunobiki no Taki
Play: Sekitori Nidai Shôbuzuke
Play: Kuruwa Bunshô
Theater: Nakamura
1832、壬辰、天保03、09・12
中村
源平布引滝(げいぺいぬのびきのたき)、1番目、3段目切迄
関取二代勝負附(せきとりにだいのしょうぶづけ)、2番目、2幕
廓文章(くるわぶんしょう)、2番目大切、富本

口上に「当九月狂言」とあり。名題3の夕霧と伊左衛門役は中村芝翫と坂東三津五郎の一日替。口上に夏狂言延引の記述もあり。
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.