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Season-opening Program (Kaomise banzuke) for the Nakamura Theater


中村座顔見世番付
Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine) (Japanese, 1787–1868)
Publisher: Murayamaya Genbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 35.3 x 47.5 cm (13 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1493
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1493, 11.27950, 11.28363

Kaomise banzuke for the Nakamura 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 1844 by Murayama Genbei.
顔見世番付
中村座、江戸
天保15(1844) ・11月 ・01日より
「天保十五甲辰年、辰霜月朔日」

版元備考: 村山 源兵衛
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)