/internal/media/dispatcher/932698/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAkitsushima, 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 KuniyoshiJōshūya KinzōMatsushima Fusajirō (Horikō Fusajirō, Hori Fusa)Vertical ôban; 35.8 x 25.6 cm (14 1/8 x 10 1/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.366380From 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.Prints35.800000000046131201