MORI KANSAI (1814-1894)

MORI KANSAI (1814-1894)

NAGASAWA ROHO (ACT. MID-19TH C.)

KISHI GANTAI (1782-1865)

EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Three Japanese fan paintings, in ink and colour on paper, the first with a sprig of pine, dated the second year of Meiji (1869), signed Kansai and with a red seal mark; the second by Roho and depicting a spiny lobster amongst seaweed, signed and with a red seal mark, both framed and glazed; the third with three ayu fish by Gantai, signed and with a red seal mark, mounted on board, 19.5cm x 51cm max. (3)

Provenance: formerly the Paula and David Newman collection, sold on behalf of the executors. The lobster picture was acquired in Kyoto in 1988.