KANO TSUNENOBU (1636-1713) MATSUMURA KEIBUN (1779-1843) FUKADA GOJI (ACT. C.1910-40) EDO AND LATER, 17TH/18TH CENTURY AND LATER A Japanese kakemono (hanging scroll painting), ink on paper, depicting a dove perched on a stack of hay, signed and with a seal for Tsunenobu, with inscription to the outside referring to Baron Kuki (possibly Baron Kuki Ryuichi, director of the Imperial Museum in Tokyo), 40cm x 31cm; another a kakemono of sparrows in flight beside a prunus tree, ink and colour on silk, signed and with a seal for Keibun, a Spink & Son label, 76cm x 26cm; and a kakemono painted with a bird by a peony flower with hay cover, signed Gojo and with a red seal for Saiin, 115cm x 35cm. (3) 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 sparrow and prunus painting was purchased from Spink & Son on 29th April 1966. The sparrow painting has a title slip reading `To Professor Mellanby From T Toyoshima`.