A kakemono painted in sumi and colour on paper depicting a monkey balancing on a bamboo cane lowering a pail on a rope -- 50½in. x 10½in. (128.2cms x 26.6cms), signed Toshu hitsu, inscribed Meiji kanoe-tara haru no hi (1890, on a Spring day), sealed, (slight foxing, creasing and wear), framed and glazed.