Text on scroll in scroll

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Please read text and seal from this scroll in scroll by 小田海僊 Kaisen Oda (1785 - 1862).

小田海僊 - Wikipedia

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The second seal has "王赢之印" "The Seal of Wang Ying".
According to wikipedia 赢 (Ei) was his given name, where does 王 here stand for?

Please read text, signature and first seal.

 

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Majestic

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Top seal says 百谷 (Hyakkoku), one of Oda's art names.
Bottom seal is as you say 王嬴之印 (Ōei no in), which, according to the site below, is another art name for Oda.

小田海僊 – 作家紹介

The writing above the red seal is 百谷寫 (Drawn by Hyakkoku).
The writing on the right is a date; 癸未孟冬, which, from the context, would be 1823 Winter.
I'm not 100% confident on the "winter" part, but it almost has to be a season, and its not any of the other three seasons.

 

Ger

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Thanks!
I agree it is winter - only the third stroke is level in stead of slightly down

 

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In addition
孟冬 means "early winter", and also refers to the 10th month of the lunar calendar, i.e., around November.

寫(=写) means "copied by", not just "drawn by" there. Thus, there must be the original ink painting, and 百谷 copied it in his picture.