Gourd incense container. Undecorated gourd is round and squat, dark orange in colour, with a woven cord looped several times around the neck and secured by knots incorporating a small ivory ring. Cord is held in place by black threads that cross on the container’s bottom and are tied around the cord in four places. A second cord is looped around the first on the container’s shoulder and is fitted through a ring in the ivory stopper which closes the container at top. Cord is then tied around a large ivory ring with Japanese characters inscribed on both sides and filled with a dark pigment. Part b is a carrying bag in dark purple silk with a tan coloured floral motif on front and drawstring closure.

Painted wooden votive plaque known as ema (絵馬) with depiction of a woman praying beside a red torii (鳥居) gate. The back has the words “Nara Inari” written in pencil.

Painted wooden votive plaque known as ema (絵馬) with a thin sheet of paper adhered to the face, on which is painted a scene of a women with a baby and another woman with a child praying in front of a shrine. Around the ema has with several Japanese characters in black. The top reads 奉納 (hōnō; offering); the left has the date, 大正七年十一月二十七日 (November 27, Taisho 7 or 1918); the right has the name of the location and person, 南城戸 (Minami Jōdo) 藤村セイ (Fujimura Sei); the bottom appears to list the age, or ages. The back has “Nara” written in pencil.

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.