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I'm terrible at reading artist chops, but this looks Chinese to me (drawing style, clothing, hairstyles, and the stool are my hints)Please read the two seals from this old kakejiku.
If uncertain an educated guess might help.
Mount Fuji is in the distance (not shown here).
Any clue as to the painter or the period of the painting?
What makes you think that?For an old painting I think it is curious painting a man playing a woman. At least that's what it looks like to me...
Would it refer to legendary or historical figures?
The left side of the top seal is indeed 山. I don't know if it is 山 by itself, or if it 山 used as a radical for a kanji like 嶋. I would guess it is being used by itself, however it is slightly smaller and compressed in the seal. If it is deliberately small, and is meant to depict 山 as a radical, it makes the right side harder to guess (when actually it should really narrow down the candidate list). The right side to me looks something like 菖 in tensho-tai (seal script). The top part is the radical for grass, as you suspect.
The bottom seal right side is a mystery. The left side looks similar to 堀 without the dirt radical. So together it looks like
山菖
堀?
Correction: That site shows his ukiyo-e prints.The British Museum landscape by Katsukawa Shunzan I mentioned above has seals, but they are not recognizable.