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Property of various ownersSIX SURIMONO SHIKISHIBAN PRINTSEdo period (1615-1868), 19th century The first, a courtesan in a kimono decorated with a large dragon, and two poems, from the series Fuzoku onna Suikoden, hyaku-hachi ban no uchi (Fashionable Women as the 108 of the Water Margin), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga (Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1797–1861) and sealed; the second, the archer Miuranosuke confronting the court lady Tamamo no mae, with poems, signed Gakutei (Yashima Gakutei, 1786?–1868), with partially obscured publisher's seal; the third, depicting a beauty in a roundel and a peacock on a fan face, with a poem, from the series Honchoren juban tsuzuki (10 for the Honcho Circle), signed Gakutei (Yashima Gakutei, 1786?–1868) and sealed Sadaoka; the fourth, of the goddess Benzaiten playing a biwalute beneath prunus blossoms, with four poems, signed Eisen ga (Keisai Eisen, 1790-1848); the fifth, of two beauties, one preparing to put an inked brush to paper and the other holding a painting of Mount Fuji, with four poems, signed Keisai (Keisai Eisen, 1790-1848); the sixth, of two beauties playing with Japanese battledore and shuttlecock next to a blossoming prunus tree, with two poems, signed Eisho hitsu (Shunsai Eisho/Harukawa Eicho, 1784-1848) and sealed (6) 8 5/16 x 7 1/2in (21.1 x 19cm), the largest