Four Japanese Paintings


Hosoi Eiyo, Rats and Grapes, small hanging scroll, ink and color on silk; depicting two rats nibbling grapes and accompanied by a waka poem, signed Eiyo utsusu, with one seal.12 3/4 x 13 1/8in (32.5 x 33.3cm);Uyo/Hasame, Sparrows, hanging scroll, ink and color on paper; showing a flock of sparrows feeding in a winter landscape, signed, with one seal.51 x 16 3/4in (129.5 x 42.6cm)Kokyo (Meiji era), Portait of a Boy, hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, signed, with two seals.41 x 16 3/4in (104.3 x 42.5cm)Chikusetsu (Meiji era), Portrait of a Woman, unmounted painting, ink and color on silk, signed, with one seal.43 1/4 x 15 5/8in (110 x 39.5cm)