Painted wooden votive plaque known as ema (絵馬) depicting a woman and child praying in front of a shrine. On the back is the word “Nara” written in pencil.

Painted wooden votive plaque known as ema (絵馬) with some Japanese writing in black on the face. The top reads 奉納 (hōnō; offering) and the centre reads めめ (me me; one of the character written turned sideways; me means “eye”); and on the left reads 平川林五人 or ト (Hiarakawa, and where 五 appears is an old style character for 五, which cannot be typed; likely the name of the person who wrote the above); On the back is written in pencil “Ikegami Emado” above “Inari Shrine.”

Two woven, oblong chopstick holders with green, red and white pebbles inside.

Plain jar shape with loop handle; wide at bottom, narrow at top.

Boat shaped basket woven with three bamboo strips on the base for support, rest is woven with thinner strips. Mottled effect. Labels on bottom: "130 -", "24".

Plain oval shaped basket with braided rim. Open weave. Unmarked.

Bottom interior has a geometric star-like pattern and sides are open with plain vertical bars. Rectangular shape with rounded corner.

Dark brown bamboo chopstick box (part a) and sliding panel lid (part b). Plain natural colour chopsticks (part c and d) taper to a point at one end. One chopstick (part d) has a small piece of ripped masking tape on the squared off end. One end of the box (part a) is white plastic.

Section of bamboo with two white plastic pieces on the ends. Bamboo panel used for sliding lid.

Curved segment of bamboo cane with several Japanese characters carved in relief on the convex side.