Edo period (1615-1868), 1852-1858 Comprising seven oban tate-e prints; the first of Actor Morita Kan'ya XI as Inuzuka Bansaku, from the series Hakkenden inu no soshi (The Book of the Eight Dog Heroes), 1852, published by Tsutaya Kichizo Koeido, censor's seals Kinugasa, Murata, ne juni, signed Kunisada ga; Poem by Minamoto Nobuakira Ason, Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III as Asagiri, censor's seals Mera, Watanabe, ne juichi, and Poem by Oshikochi no Mitsune, Actor Bando Shuka I as Toneri Sakuramasu, censor's seals Hama, Magome, ne kyu, both from the series Mitate sanjurokkasen (Comparisons for 36 Selected Poems), 1852, published by Iseya Kanekichi; Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Hanakawado no Sukeroku, the center sheet of a triptych entitled Edo zakura Kiyomizu Seigen, 1858, published by Kagaya Kichiemon, censor's seal uma san, each signed Toyokuni ga; Actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as Banzui Chobei, published by Shimizuya Naojiro, censor's seals Murata, Mera, shita-uri, signed Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga; the center sheet of a triptych entitled Kudo Suketsune Sogajuro Sukenari o nadamuru no zu, published by Ebiya Rinnosuke, censor's seal Watari, signed Chooro Kuniyoshi ga; the last of a beauty, censor's seals Kinugawa, Hama, signed Oju Toyokuni ga (7) 14 1/8 x 10 1/8in (36 x 25.6cm) each approximately