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I purchased a scroll painting in 2007 when I was living in Japan, somewhere around Kamakura. I've never had any of the text translated, and was wondering if someone could give me some assistance with a few translation.

There's text on the front top left with a seal, a seal on the bottom right, and text on the back side and on the wooden box.

3 pics: First is scroll, second is text on back side and third is combination of box text and front text/seals.

It's a wonderful piece and was thinking of remounting. Hoping to justify that expense.

Rather than remount the entire picture, which looks to be in decent condition for its 104 years of age, you can save a good deal of money by having a mounter apply stiff reinforcing strips across the back of the painting where the creasing appears most severe and brittle. That will conserve the picture itself for a good while longer if you can tolerate the losses along the edges of the mounting.

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