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 making by different couples and two other 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 with two single-page and four double-page colour illustrations and 18 pages of text (one image of the double-page illustration replaced with a later Meiji-era print); vol.3 with two single-page and four double-page of colour illustrations and 34 pages of text; two illustrations with Kunisada's pseudonymous 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).