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Kabuki Playbill (Tsuji banzuke) for Plays at the Tokiwa Theater: Hiragana Seisuiki, Ôshû Adachigahara, Ibaraki Otaki Momiji no Irozashi


常盤座辻番付 「ひらがな盛衰記(ひらがなせいすいき)」、「奥州安達原(おうしゅうあだちがはら)」、「茨木滝女紅葉繍(いばらきおたきもみじのいろざし)」
Japanese
Meiji era
1888 (Meiji 21), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 38.2 x 63.8 cm (15 1/16 x 25 1/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28223
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Hiragana Seisuiki
Play: Ôshû Adachigahara
Play: Ibaraki Otaki Momiji no Irozashi
Theater: Tokiwa
1888、戊子、明治21、09・21
常盤
ひらがな盛衰記(ひらがなせいすいき)、4冊
奥州安達原(おうしゅうあだちがはら)、☆杖館の段、竹本
茨木滝女紅葉繍(いばらきおたきもみじのいろざし)、8株
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.