http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/932698/resize%3Aformat%3DfullAkitsushima, with Demon Thistles (Oni azami), from the series Pictorial Mirror Stands Matched with Thirty Selected Flowers (E kyôdai mitate sanjû bokkasen)1845 (Kōka 2)Utagawa KuniyoshiWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperFrom a series of 16 known designs, of which the MFA has 4: 11.28653/11.36635, 11.36636, 11.36637, 11.36638 Iwakiri dates the series to 1845, just before the ban on actor prints was relaxed, and identifies Ishikawa Goemon (11.36636) as a portrait of ichikawa Danjûrô VIII. The Waseda db identifies Shirai Gonpachi (11.28653/11.36635) as Iwai Kumesaburô III; but neither source suggests actor identifications for the other prints in the series.Prints35.8000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/461312/rdf