UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (1786-1864), KIKUGAWA EIZAN (1787-1867) AND IKEDA EISEN (1790-1848) Japan, first half/mid-19th ct. ca. 34,5 - 25 - 36 x 27 cm Five colour woodblock prints. a) Eizan, ôban from the series Fûryû mutamagawa, here Ide no tamagawa, signed Kiku Eizan hitsu, publisher: Izumiya Ichibei, censor’s seal: kiwame, ca. 1812. b) Eisen, ôban from the series Goshiki sumi, here aoi, signed Keisai Eisen ga, publisher: Aritaya Seiemon, nanushi seal 1845. c) Kunisada I, ôban, courtesan from the Fuji(?)matsuya, signed ôju Kunisada ga, publisher: Omiya Heihachi, censor’s seal: kiwame. d) Eizan, ôban from the series Tôto meisho hakkei, here Nichô-machi no kaomise, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu, publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi, censor’s seal: kiwame . e) Eizan, ôban, Courtsan Fukagawa from the Edomachi itchôme Matsubaya, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu, publisher: Sanoya Kihei, early 19th ct. Former private collection Wilhelm Aubelen (1860 -1948) Partial signs of age and smaller damages, partly with slight creases, partly backed, partly slightly stained and faded colours, unframed