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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
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
34.1 x 48 cm (13 7/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1504
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1492, 00.1504, 00.1521, 11.28287, 11.28288
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 an "auspicious day" in the 11th lunar month of Kaei 4 (1851) by Ogawa Hansuke.
顔見世番付
河原崎座、江戸
嘉永04(1851) ・11 ・吉日より
「嘉永四亥霜月吉日」
版元備考： 小川 半助
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 an "auspicious day" in the 11th lunar month of Kaei 4 (1851) by Ogawa Hansuke.
顔見世番付
河原崎座、江戸
嘉永04(1851) ・11 ・吉日より
「嘉永四亥霜月吉日」
版元備考： 小川 半助
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
絵師鳥居清満筆
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)