CHIKANOBU: oban tate-e (36.5 x 25 cm.); an album containing a complete set of the Shin bijin "New women" series, the thirty-six designs each depicting a half-length portrait of a beauty, signed Chikanobu, published by Akiyama Buemon and dated Meiji 30 (1897) - good impressions and color, some with off-setting but otherwise good condition