Two Japanese Paintings


19th/20th centuryHoashi Kou (1810-1884), Winter Landscape, large hanging scroll, ink and light color on paper; portraying a scholar in a pavilion overlooking a waterway with a fishing boat, signed Kyou, with three seals, two reading Hoshi Toshi/Toru in and Kou.70 x 29 1/4in (177.8 x 74.5cm)Sasaki Sozan (1862-1942), Late Autumn Landscape, hanging scroll, black lacquer on paper, with a flock of geese in flight above gnarled trees along a stream bordered by reeds, inscribed with a ten-character Chinese poem, signed Sozan, with three seals, with a self-inscribed wooden storage box.51 1/2 x 19 3/4in (130.8 x 50.1cm)