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UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786-1864) AND UTAGAWA KUNIYASU (1794-1832), illustrators , KYOKUTEI BAKIN (1767-1848), author : Shimpen Kimpeibai "Plum in a golden bottle" the parody of the Chinese story "The golden lotus"; front cover, colophon or preface, titled, signed by author, illustrator and publisher, dated Bunsei 14 (Tempo 2) (1831)-Koka 4 (1847), published by Izumiya Ichibei; fukurotoji-bon , 10 vols. in 40 separate books (comprising jo jo, jo ge, ge jo and ge ge , each volume bound together) complete (each approx. 17.7 x 12cm.), block printed in black, front covers printed in color with figures (some with title, volume number, illustrator, author or publisher's name), sewn, in paper chitsu , good impressions and color, slight damage on edges, some worming Contents: each book 10 leaves, numbered jo jo 1-10, jo ge 11-20, ge jo 21-30, ge ge 31-40, inside front cover with colophon, inside back cover with advertisement: Vol. 1 jo jo , front cover dated Tempo kinoe-uma (1834), no colophon, 2-pg. preface dated Bunsei 14 (Tempo 2) (1831), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated kanoto-u (1831), 20 pp. text, advertisement dated Tempo 8 (1837), ge jo , front cover dated Tempo 5 (1834), 20 pp. text, ge ge , colophon dated kanoto-u (1831), 20 pp. text, advertisement dated Tempo 8 (1837); Vol. 2 jo jo , no colophon, 2-pg. preface dated Tempo 3 (1832), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated kinoe-uma (1834), 20 pp. text, ge jo , colophon dated Tempo mizunto-mi (1833), 20 pp. text, ge ge , colophon dated Tempo 4 (1833), 20 pp. text; Vol. 3 jo jo , no colophon, 2-pg. preface dated Tempo 5 (1834), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated Tempo kinoe-uma (1834), 20 pp. text, ge jo , 20 pp. text, undated, ge ge , front cover dated Tempo kinoto-hitsuji (1835), 20 pp. text; Vol. 4 jo jo , front cover dated hinoe-saru (1836), no colophon, 2-pg. preface dated Tempo 7 (1836), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated Tempo 7 (1836), 20 pp. text, advertisement dated Tempo 7 (1836), ge jo , colophon dated hinoe-saru (1836), 20 pp. text, ge ge , 20 pp. text, undated; Vol. 5 jo jo , 2-pg. preface dated Tempo hinoto tori, soko "manuscripted in 1837" and Tempo 9 tsuchinoe-inu, shimpan "published in 1838", 19 pp. text, jo ge , front cover dated tsuchinoe-inu (1838), 20 pp. text, ge jo , colophon dated Tempo 9 (1838), 20 p. text, ge ge , 20 pp. text, undated; Vol. 6 jo jo , 1-pg. preface dated Tempo 10 (1839), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated tsuchinoto-i (1839), 20 pp. text, ge jo , colophon dated Tempo 10 (1839), 20 pp. text, ge ge , 20 pp. text, undated; Vol. 7 jo jo , 1-pg. preface dated Tempo 11 (1840), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated Tempo kanoe-ne (1840), 20 pp. text, ge jo , colophon dated kanoe-ne (1840), 20 pp. text, ge ge , 20 pp. text, undated; Vol. 8 jo jo , colophon and 1-pg. preface dated Tempo 12 (1841), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated kanoto-ushi (1841), 20 pp. text, ge jo , colophon dated Tempo kanoto-ushi (1841), 20 pp. text, ge ge , colophon dated kanoto-ushi (1841), 20 pp. text; Vol. 9 jo jo , 1-pg. preface dated Tempo 13 (1842), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon dated Tempo mizunoe-tora (1842), 20 pp. text, ge jo , colophon dated Tempo mizunoe-tora (1842), 20 pp. text, ge ge , colophon dated mizunoe-tora (1842), 20 pp. text; Vol. 10 jo jo , no colophon, 2-pg. preface dated Koka 4 (1847), 19 pp. text, jo ge , colophon illustration signed Eisen ga and dated Koka 4 (1847), 20 pp. text, ge jo , 20 pp. text, undated, ge ge , 20 pp. text, undated (10)