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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...
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu 絵師鳥居清満筆
Provenance
By 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)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Japanese, Edo period, 1846 (Kôka 3)
- Artist Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine), Japanese, 1787–1868
- Publisher Murayamaya Genbei, Japanese
Dimensions
33.9 x 48.1 cm (13 3/8 x 18 15/16 in.)
Accession Number
00.1513
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper