Matsukaze 松風 (No. 18 Wind in the Pines), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, between 1845 and 1846

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The kabuki actor ichikawa danjuro vii as the pirate kezori kuemon standing beside bound wooden boxes, grasping a huge ax in the moonlight. Poem inscribed above. Date: between 1845 and 1846. Dimensions: Height: 36.60 centimetres Width: 24.40 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Matsukaze 松風 (No. 18 Wind in the Pines) (BM 2008,3037.17418)