47. INOUE CHOKUSEN (DATES UNKNOWN); CALLIGRAPHY BY FUSHIHARA NOBUTARU (1845-1930) Taisho era (1912-1926), circa 1925 Painting, ink and colours on silk, depicting two swimming koi carp and waterweed, signed at lower right Chokusen kinga (Respectfully painted by Chokusen) with a seal; inscribed above Meiji Tennō gyosei Ikemizu ni chiriuku hana no katayorite hirefuru koi no kage mo mietsu (A poem by the Meiji Emperor: Flowers scattered on the surface of the pond drift together, the shadow of a koi flicks its tail beneath); signed Hachijūichi-ō Shōni-i Shishaku Fushihara Nobutaru kinsho (Respectfully written by Junior Second Rank Viscount Fushihara Nobutaru, aged 81) with a seal 120 x 35cm (without mount)