THREE JAPANESE KAKEJIKU (HANGING SCROLL PAINTINGS)

THREE JAPANESE KAKEJIKU (HANGING SCROLL PAINTINGS)
MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The first with a blue tit perched amongst tall grasses beside a flower, a poem above about a lonely and quiet mountain path and a beautiful bellflower in early summer, signed Saika heidai (painted and inscribed by Saika); the two other paintings depicting landscapes, one with a waterfall and pine trees, signed and sealed Seizan, the other with fisherman on a bridge, signed and sealed Shuko; together with two books of prints, 104x40cm max. (5)

Provenance: the private collection of Ian Wilson (d.2024), County Durham, and thence by descent.

WITHOUT RESERVE