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


中村座顔見世番付
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Murayamaya Genbei (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 32 x 46.7 cm (12 5/8 x 18 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.27654
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1873, 11.27654, 11.28406

Theater: Nakamura
1812、壬申、文化09、11・01
劇場: 中村
座元: 中村勘三郎
Signed Eshi Torii Kiyonaga hitsu
絵師鳥居清長筆
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.