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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: Yamazakiya Gonzaburô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1850 (Kaei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 34.8 x 49.1 cm (13 11/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1503
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1489, 00.1503, 00.1511

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 Kaei 3 (1850) by Yamazakiya Gonzaburô.
顔見世番付
河原崎座、江戸
嘉永03(1850) ・11月 ・01日より
「嘉永三戌年霜月朔日」

版元備考: 山崎屋 権三郎
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)