Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880),Complete Set of Fifty-four Modern Feelings

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Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880),Complete Set of Fifty-four Modern Feelings, Japan, publisher Tsuta-Kichi Koeido, with fifty-five oban tate-e prints, including the content page with aratame censor's seal (1853-1857),all pages surrounded with gold speckled margins, twenty-nine pages holding a pasted cartouche, among which twenty-two pages inscribed with handwritten calligraphy, album size 13 7/8 x 9 3/8 x 7/8 in.
Japanese Prints online
Estimate $2,000-3,000

tears to binding particularly to front cover, detached back cover, all spreads glued along left and right edges, additional cartouche to chapters 28 and 29 torn away, chapter 29 with a hole, some with minor buckling and creases.


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