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河原崎座顔見世番付
Season-opening Program (Kaomise banzuke) for the Kawarazaki Theater
河原崎座顔見世番付
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1847 (Kôka 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
34.5 x 47 cm (13 9/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27757
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1485, 00.1497, 00.1499, 00.1507, 00.1524, 11.27757, 11.28316, 11.28317
Kaomise banzuke for the Kawarazaki Theater's annual "face showing " ceremony that opened the new kabuki season and presented the theater's newly formed acting troupe. The banzuke was published around the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of Kôka 4 (1847) by Maruya Jinpachi.
顔見世番付
河原崎座、江戸
弘化04(1847) ・11月 ・01日より
「弘化四丁未年霜月朔日より」
版元備考： 丸屋 甚八
Kaomise banzuke for the Kawarazaki Theater's annual "face showing " ceremony that opened the new kabuki season and presented the theater's newly formed acting troupe. The banzuke was published around the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of Kôka 4 (1847) by Maruya Jinpachi.
顔見世番付
河原崎座、江戸
弘化04(1847) ・11月 ・01日より
「弘化四丁未年霜月朔日より」
版元備考： 丸屋 甚八
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
絵師鳥居清満筆
絵師鳥居清満筆
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.