Hanging scroll, painting, oni demon mask and character fuku, New Year, Japan

Description

Hanging scroll with the image of a oni mask underneath a large and square character fuku (good fortune), from which small white tama or petals are falling.
The painting is appropriate to display during the traditional New Year, or Setsubun, at the ceremony of driving out the bad and welcoming in the good. Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!
Black ink and color on paper.
Signed in lower right corner ... Shodo and with red seal Shodo no in.
Nice bold plait design mounting.
Japan, Meiji/Taisho period, 1910s.
Painted area: 49.5 x 12.5 inches, total length 83.25 inches
Slightly yellowed, few horizontal creases, mainly good condition