KEISAI EISEN (1790-1848) A Group of Six Prints Edo period (1615-1868), first half of the 19th centuryProperty from the collection of John StevensonKEISAI EISEN (1790-1848)A Group of Six Prints Edo period (1615-1868), first half of the 19th centuryAll ōban tate-e prints, the first, entitled Hakone shuku (Hakone Station), number 11 from an untitled series of the 53 Stations of the Tokaido, signed Keisai Eisen ga, published by Tsutaya Kichizō (Kōeidō); the second, from the series Tosei kōbutsu hakkei (Eight Favorite Things in the Modern World), depicting a beauty reading, signed Keisai Eisen ga, sealed Sen, published by Izumiya Ichibei Kansendō; the third, entitled Komachi Shōshō michiyuki: Gyokuya nai Usugumo (The Journey of Komachi and Shōshō: Usugumo of the Gyokuya), from the series Hyōshi ōgi (Romantic Musical Fans), signed Keisai Eisen ga; the fourth depicting a courtesan, perhaps named Niodori, of an unidentified teahouse, from the series Keisei Gokenjin (Courtesans of Five Houses), an inset image of a Chinese sage in the upper left coming from the pun contained in the series titles, signed Keisai Eisen ga; the fifth, entitled Nihonbashi Nishikawa kishi Jizōson (The Festival Day of Jizōson, bank of Nishikawa, Nihonbashi), from the series Gorishō musubu no ennichi (Auspicious Festival Days for Good Fortune), signed Keisai Eisen ga; the sixth, depicting a beauty standing next to a lit candle, the inset image showing a man holding an infant and a beauty, signed Keisai Eisen ga, published by Matsumura Tatsuemon (6) 15 3/8 x 9 7/8in (39 x 25.1cm), the largestNone