KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889) Ebisu and Daikoku at New Year Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870s-1880s (3)KAWANABE KYOSAI (1831-1889)Ebisu and Daikoku at New Year Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870s-1880sPair of kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls), ink and colour on paper, the right-hand scroll with Daikoku and Otafuku leaning over the former's large treasure sack, watching three rats enacting an amusing New Year performance, one rat standing on one leg, while simultaneously balancing a ball on a teacup resting on a pole held in its mouth, the other two rats beating a drum, signed Kyosai ga with seal; the left-hand scroll with Ebisu reeling in a red tai (sea bream) with his fishing rod, a basket filled with more sea breams at the right bottom corner, signed Kyosai ga with seal reading: Egakazareba suwarazu nomazareba fusazu (Not painting─can't sit! Not drinking─can't sleep!); with a wood storage box. Each overall: 189.3cm x 47.5cm (74½in x 18¾in); each image: 103.3cm x 31cm (40 5/8in x 12¼in). (3).None