SHUHO (PROBABLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY)

SHUHO (PROBABLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY)

AFTER NAGASAWA ROSETSU (1754-99), AND OTHERS

MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY

Four Japanese humorous kakemono (hanging scroll paintings), all in ink and colour on paper, one with many depictions of Daruma dolls, some with limbs and dancing, signed Shuho, 113cm x 40.5cm; another an otsu-e style painting of an oni no nenbutsu, the small demon collecting donations, signed Rosetsu with a seal reading Gyo, 54cm x 27cm; the third a kakemono painted with a kappa frightening a farmer, 140cm x 35.3cm; and the fourth with a bearded figure holding a hossu whisk, possibly Jurojin, with an attendant behind him, 140cm x 35.3cm, all signed and with red seal marks, two with tomobako wood boxes. (6)