A set of four Japanese kakemono, each painted in sumi and colour on silk with a courtesan wearing an elaborately patterned kimono, one holding a fan in her left hand walking beneath a willow tree, one standing barefoot before a screen reading a calligraphic makemono; the the other two each standing before a blossoming tree -- each 49½in.x 19½in.; a kakemono with figures packing tea in village before a mountainous landscape -- 50½in.x 20in.; and another with figures at work with illustrated albums, makemono and kakemono -- 49¼in.x 20in. (6)