Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1837 A three volume set of hanshibon-size shunga books titled Kacho yojo Azuma Genji (Deep Feelings of Birds and Flowers, Genji of the East), each volume containing four scenes of love makings by different couples and other two illustrations: vol.1, consisting of two pages of preface by Fujiwara Kanekichi, two single-page and four double-page of colour illustrations and 22 pages of text; vol.2, two single-page and four double-page of colour illustrations and 18 pages of text (one image of the double-page illustration replaced with a later Meiji-era print); vol.3, two single-page and four double-page of colour illustrations and 34 pages of text; two illustrations with Kunisada's pseudonym signatures Bukiyo Matabei ga/Matabei zu; with original blue covers with later outer silk covers, together with a severely damaged chitsu cover. Approx., 25cm x 16.7 cm (9 7/8in x 6 9/16in). (4).