NAKAHARA NANTENBO (1839-1925) Monks Setting Out and Monks Returning Taisho era (1912-1926), circa 1922 (3)NAKAHARA NANTENBO (1839-1925)Monks Setting Out and Monks Returning Taisho era (1912-1926), circa 1922Pair of kakejiku (hanging scrolls), ink on paper in silk mounts, depicting monks with straw hats, staffs, and begging bowls setting out from and returning to their monastery, the right-hand scroll inscribed Shikai unsui hachiu jorai (The clanging of their bowls rings like thunder through the clouds and waters of four oceans), the left-hand scroll inscribed Uto enritsu kagyo sonki (Black robes and round hats fall into line and return home); each signed Hachijuyon-o Tenbo Toshu (Tenbo Toshu, aged 84); each sealed Nantenbo, Hakugaikutsu, and Toju; one kakejiku with a cardboard box. Overall: each approx., 192.5cm x 48.5cm (75 13/16in x 19 1/8in); the image: each approx., 134.5cm x 31cm (53in x 12¼in). (3).None