A Set of Two Ukiyo-e Prints: Utagawa Kunisada, Kaicho asamairi (Morning Pilgrimage to the Unveiling

This set comprises:

Gototei Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Kunisada

Edo Jiman - Kaicho Asamairi (Pride of Edo - Morning Worship at the Unveiling of a Sacred Image).

Commentary by Suzuki Juzo, Chief Librarian, National Diet Library, Japan.

Keisai Eisen

Futamakura (Two Pillows), from a series of twelve erotic pictures.

Commentary by Murata Hiroshi, ukiyo-e scholar.

Dimensions:

Each image: 40 x 27 cm.

Commentary sheets: 42 x 30 cm.

Outer cover: 48 x 33 cm.

Supplied with paper window mounts.

Also included is one additional work, separate from the set:

Utagawa Hiroshige I

Meisho Edo Hyakkei - Ukeji Akiba no Keidai (One Hundred Famous Views of Edo - Precincts of the Akiba Shrine at Ukeji).

Image: 26 x 37 cm.

This work is not supplied with a paper window mount.

Condition:

Following prolonged storage, the cover, enclosed paper window mounts and other components exhibit age-related spotting, soiling and undulation. The pictures themselves also exhibit slight undulation.