Five kakejiku (hanging scroll) paintings One by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), late 17th to 19th century Ink and slight colour on silk, depicting a scarecrow propped up on bamboo stalks beneath a blossoming cherry, signed Hanabusa Itcho sho with a seal; the second in ink and slight colour on silk, depicting a scholar seated in deep slumber at the foot of a two-fold screen decorated with a mountainous landscape, with a signed and sealed seven-line inscription above, signed Nangaku with two seals, with wood storage box bearing an inscription inside the lid; the third, in ink on paper, depicting the great poet, To Enmei (in Chinese, Tao Yuanming, 365-427), holding a paper, with a full transcription of his poetry, titled Kikyorai no ji, signed with three seals; the fourth, in ink, colour and gold on paper, possibly depicting Soto Ori-hime gazing at a spider hanging from its web on the veranda, signed Miwa hitsu with a seal; the last by Ko Suikoku, in ink and colour on paper, depicting a pilgrim looking up at a signboard on a pole behind a bamboo fence, signed Ko Suikoku with a seal. The smallest 73cm x 26cm (28¾in x 10¼in), the largest 103cm x 36cm (40½in x 14 3/16in). (6). Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 掛軸　五幅　(案山子図、学者図、陶淵明図、衣通姫図、巡礼者図）　17世紀後期-19世紀 Provenance: the first from the Michael Tomkinson collection, no.166. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part V, lot 249. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20555/lot/249/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com