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中村座顔見世番付
Season-opening Program (Kaomise banzuke) for the Nakamura Theater
中村座顔見世番付
Japanese
Edo period
1846 (Kôka 3), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper
Dimensions
35.3 x 48 cm (13 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.1496
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionMFA impressions: 00.1496, 11.28327
Same design except for the text at upper left: 00.1513, 11.30398
Kaomise banzuke produced for the Nakamura Theater's annual "face showing" ceremony that announced the beginning of the new kabuki season and advertised the theater's newly formed acting troupe. The banzuke dates from the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of Kôka 3 (1846). Published by Murayama Genbei.
顔見世番付
中村座、江戸
弘化03(1846) ・11月 ・01日より
「弘化三丙午年、午霜月朔日」
版元備考： 村山 源兵衛
Same design except for the text at upper left: 00.1513, 11.30398
Kaomise banzuke produced for the Nakamura Theater's annual "face showing" ceremony that announced the beginning of the new kabuki season and advertised the theater's newly formed acting troupe. The banzuke dates from the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of Kôka 3 (1846). Published by Murayama Genbei.
顔見世番付
中村座、江戸
弘化03(1846) ・11月 ・01日より
「弘化三丙午年、午霜月朔日」
版元備考： 村山 源兵衛
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
絵師鳥居清満筆
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)