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I don’t read Chinese or Japanese and I’d like to know if the following Calligraphy from 3 scrolls is either Chinese or Japanese…. thank you.

All three scrolls are Chinese,
No.1,
Signature,
舞民老人　Wumin laoren - Wumin the Old Man (Courtesy name pseudonym)
Upper seal,
巖翁　Yan-weng - Yan the Old Man (Pseudonym)
Lower seal,
字舞民　Courtesy name Wumin

Unidentifiable calligrapher - no date -

No.2-3,
Same colophons,
辛亥榴月　子祥　張熊
In the Fifth Month of the Lunar Calendar in the Year of Metal-Pig (1851) Zixiang Zhang Xiong
Upper seal,
子祥印　Seal of Zixiang
Lower seal,
張熊之印　Seal of Zhang Xiong

Zhang Xiong 張熊 1803-1886
Courtesy name: Zixiang 子祥　
Famous painter and calligrapher of the late Qing Dynasty. Was a native of Zhejiang.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thank you very much for your prompt and detailed reply, you have been most helpful

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