Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1802 A set of 12 oban yoko-e shunga prints from the album Ehon Komachi biki (Picture Book: Pulling Komachi) consisting of: (1) Courtesan and a youth; (2) Shinzo (an apprentice courtesan) and her lover; (3) Courtesan and her secret lover; (4) Maid meeting her lover during an outing from a samurai household; (5) Wakashu (young man) and a young girl in front of a brushwood-fence; (6) Geisha and her lover beside a free-standing screen; (7) Lovers in summer beside a landscape screen; (8) Married woman with her young lover beside a low plum-blossom screen; (9) woman combing her hair in front of a mirror stand and her lover behind; (10) Lovers in summer on a sleeping mat; (11) Lovers in summer with a fan and reed blind; (12) Geisha and her lover with dishes and sake kettle; all unsigned. Each approx., 25.5cm x 37cm (10in x 14 9/16in). (12).