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


中村座顔見世番付
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Publisher: Murayamaya Genbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1783 (Tenmei 3), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 30.6 x 43 cm (12 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTheater: Nakamura
1783、癸卯、天明03、11・01
劇場: 中村
座元: 中村勘三郎
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
絵師鳥居清満筆
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.