TAIHA (PROBABLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY)

TAIHA (PROBABLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY)

KEISETSU (PROBABLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY), AND OTHERS

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Four Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), all in ink and colour on paper, one with men enjoying daily pursuits, signed and with two seals, inscribed 'Painted and inscribed in amusement by Taiha', and with a poem inspired by a famous Chinese verse by Zhang Ji, mentioning spending money growing on trees, and merry-makers raising their 'halberds' (an erotic reference); another illustrating humorous manners and customs, signed and sealed Keisetsu; the two others from the same hand depicting gatherings of many Chinese scholars engaged in conversation, two in tomobako wood boxes,142cm x 24.5cm max. (6)