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


桐座顔見世番付
Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)
Publisher: Matsumotoya Mankichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1786 (Tenmei 6), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions 30.5 x 43.1 cm (12 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28519
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa Toyoharu to sono jidai (1994), #80; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 3 (1982), #148
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.27400, 11.28518, 11.28519

Theater: Kiri
1786、丙午、天明06、11・01
劇場: 桐
Signed Eshi Utagawa Toyoharu hitsu
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.