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「大江戸しばゐねんぢうぎやうじ 序開」（おおえどしばいねんじゅうぎょうじ じよびらき）
Opening Performance (Jobiraki), from the series Annual Events of the Theater in Edo (Ô-Edo shibai nenjû gyôji)
「大江戸しばゐねんぢうぎやうじ 序開」（おおえどしばいねんじゅうぎょうじ じよびらき）
Japanese
Meiji era
1897 (Meiji 30), February 1
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.4 x 24.3 cm (14 5/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Accession NumberRES.53.21
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CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a series co-designed by Adachi Ginkô and Torii Kiyosada.
Signed
Ôju Ginkô
応需吟光
応需吟光
Marks
Artist's seal: Ginkô
Provenance1953, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: March 12, 1953)