TAIGAN / UNGE (1773-1850) KANO TANYU (1602-74) SUGA KISUI (ACT.1850-80) EDO AND MEIJI, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER A Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll painting), ink on paper, depicting orchids growing from a rock, signed and with a red seal mark for Unge, with a tomobako wood box, 134cm x 35cm; another kakemono in ink on paper depicting an orchid, signed and sealed, with inscribed tomobako wood box, 64cm x 18cm; and another ink and colour painting on paper depicting irises, inscribed, signed Kisui and with a red seal mark, 133cm x 28cm. (5) Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford. According to Oliver Impey`s archive, the Taigan painting was bought from Kegan Paul and was formerly in the Tomkinson Collection. The Tanyu scroll was purchased by Impey in Kyoto in 1960.