Utagawa Kunimaro (active 1830–1870) Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1848-54 A three-volume set of hanshibon-size erotic books titled Keichu ookarakuri (Large Puppet Play in the Bedroom), each volume containing scenes of lovemaking by different couples: vol.1 consisting of two pages of preface by Joraku Injin, three single-page and five double-page of colour illustrations and eight pages of text; vol.2 with two single-page and four double-page of colour illustrations and 10 pages of text; vol.3 with one single-page and three double-page of colour illustrations, one single-page black-and-white illustration and 10 pages of text; some pages signed; the illustrations possibly not complete and/or in the correct sequences. Each approx., 24cm x 17cm (9 7/16in x 6 11/16in). (3).