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An album of one hundred and fourteen woodblock prints bound as in accordion-style, comprising:

A complete set of all the designs and the accompanying contents sheet from the series Sixty-nine Stations of the Kisokaido Road (Kisokaido rokujukyu tsugi no uchi), each signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, various publishers and censor’s seals, circa 1852-1853

A complete set from the series Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjurokkasen no uchi), each signed Toyokuni ga, published by Iseya Kanekichi, 1852

Ten designs from the series A Set of Views of Fuji from Edo in Iroha Order (Nanatsu iroha Toto Fuji zukushi), each signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, with artist’s seal Kiri, published Ebiya Rinnosuke, 1852

Together with various actor prints, variously signed and published
Vertical oban album: 36 x 26.4 x 4.5 cm. (1418 x 1038 x 134 in.)
Each vertical oban sheet approx. 36 x 25 cm. (1418 x 978 in.)


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For other designs from the series A Set of Views of Fuji from Edo in Iroha Order see Robert Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (Amsterdam, 1998), nos. 180 and 181

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