Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryPair of kakejiku (vertical hanging scrolls); ink and colours on silk in silk mounts, depicting a variety of birds and plants including pheasant, parrots, mandarin and other ducks, owls, crows, pine, peonies, mallows, Chinese bellflowers, and violets; the right-hand scroll with seals Yuki and Sada(?), with two further seals Yukisada and Genkei at top right; the left-hand scroll with seals Yukisada and Genkei, signed Gessho hitsu, accompanied by a wooden tomobako storage box inscribed Gessho hitsu Kacho nifukutsui (Pair of hanging scrolls of birds and flowers by Cho Gessho) and a certificate of authenticity with the seal of a member of the Kohitsu lineage of fine-art appraisers. Each overall: 202cm x 72cm (79?in x 28 3/8in), image: 116cm x 55.8cm (45 5/8in x 22in). (4).