KUNIYOSHI (1797-1861): surimono, kakuban, each approx. 20.5 x 18cm., four from the set Fuzoku onna Suikoden 'Fashionable women compared to one hundred and eight heroes of the Suikoden', the first with a shira-byoshi dancing with an open fan, with poems by Tennoya Jakushi and Hisakataya; the second with a woman with a pipe in a palanquin, with poems above by Kamenoya Osamaru; the third with a woman watching descending geese, with poems above by Hatsugiri Okimado and Hisakataya; and the fourth with a back view of a standing woman; the fifth of a girl carrying two buckets of sea water; the sixth with a woman standing on the shore with a wooden beater for salt making; the seventh of a woman squeezing water out of the hems of her robe; the eighth with a woman spilling water; the last with a woman crouching holding a pipe, all signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga--good impressions and colour, various condition (9)