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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
1843 (Tenpô 14), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 33.8 x 38.1 cm (13 5/16 x 15 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1522
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionKaomise banzuke produced to advertise the annual "face showing" ceremony at the Nakamura 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 14 (1843) by Murayama Genbei.
顔見世番付
中村座、江戸
天保14(1843) ・11月 ・01日から
「天保十四癸卯年、卯霜月朔日」

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)