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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)
Japanese
Edo period
1842 (Tenpô 13), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 32.7 x 47.3 cm (12 7/8 x 18 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1490
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1490, 00.1506

Kaomise banzuke produced to advertise the annual "face showing" ceremony at the Kawarazaki Theater (Edo) in celebration of the opening of the new kabuki year and the theater's newly formed acting troupe. Published on the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of Tenpô 13 (1842) by Maruya Jinpachi.
顔見世番付
河原崎座、江戸
天保13(1842) ・11月 ・01日
「天保十三寅年霜月朔日」

版元備考:丸屋 甚八
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
絵師鳥居清満筆
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)