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Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (jester character): head (part b) fits into body clothed in a shirt and pants with floral print and multicoloured pom-poms and a short red skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The figure's head, hands and feet are painted pink, and the figure has long hair and a beard of undyed plant fibre. The figure is holding a stick with orange-brown feathers in his right hand.
Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body clothed in a dark blue jacket with metallic floral print sash and an orange, pink, and blue plaid skirt with yellow leggins underneath (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Hands and feet are painted pink, and the feet have black shoes with a painted design in yellow, green and red. The figure is wearing a green-grey plastic headdress and has purple twine hair tied in a bun at the back of his head with a black hair moustache that extends out to the ears. The figure's face is painted with a light brown-pink colour.
Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body with shirt and skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The figure is wearing a yellow cloth on its head, a pink kerchief around its neck, a light green-blue t-shirt, and a grey-blue skirt with a linear floral design in grey. The figure's face, hands and feet are painted brown and he has a moustache and hair in dark purple-grey plant fibre.
Gold-coloured apron made from a thick, stiff material. Front section has three separate v-shaped panels, one within the other. Pointed petal design with intricate, scrolling cutwork; red cotton backing shows through cut-outs. Two side panels are scroll-shaped. All pieces have circular and drop-shaped mirror insets. Side pieces and two lower front pieces are fringed along the outer edge with black hair. Apron is secured at the back with long string ties.
Flat golden collar with a protruding, zigzagging border around the bottom half. Collar has elaborate, arabesque-like cut-out designs and ten circular and drop-shaped mirrored insets; red fabric backing shows through the cut-out designs. A thick fringe of long black fur-like hair protrudes from the edge. A safety pin secures the collar's ends together.
Hina doll set. Polychrome figures on tiers covered in red are a set of hina ningyō (雛人形; hina dolls) representing the emperor, empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. There are five steps. Top tier: two figures sitting on a rectangular platform are dairi bina (内裏雛), representing the emperor and empress with another figure known as inubako (犬筥, “dog box”) to their outside side. Second tier: a seated figure in the middle with a standing figure at either sides and a lamp at each end are three court ladies known as san’nin kanjo (三人官女). Third tier: five seated figures are five male musicians known as gonin bayashi (五人囃子). Three seated figures in the middle hold drums, one seated figure holds a flute and another, a singer holds a fan. Fourth tier: two seated figures are two ministers known as udaijin (右大臣, minister of the right) and sadaijin (左大臣, the minister of the left) with two hishimochi (菱餅; diamond-shaped rice cakes) on hishidai (菱台; diamond-shaped stands) in between. Fifth tier: three seated figures between sakura cherry blossom and tachibana citrus trees are helpers or protectors of the emperor and empress known as shichō (仕丁) consisting of nakijōgo (泣き上戸; crying drinker), okorijōgo (怒り上戸; angry drinker) and waraijōgo (笑い上戸; laughing drinker).
Male figure (part a) painted with samurai costume. His right hand is holding an umbrella (parts b-c) while his left hand is held up behind his head. His upper garment is painted orange decorated with a pattern of three short gold lines, and trimmed with light blue. Overtop is painted a dark blue garment coming across over his right shoulder where a pink flower decorates the garment. The clay umbrella top (part b) is yellow, and dark blue attached to a wooden stick (part c) that goes through a hole in his right hand. Both figure and umbrella have been broken and badly repaired. Figure has a metal post protruding from base of one foot (appears to be missing its original base).
Wooden box with a hinged lid, a handle at the top centre of the lid, and a keyhole at the front centre. The box has been painted red with black bands across the top of the lid, at the corners of the base, and along the bottom edge. These black bands have white edges, and have been decorated with yellow wavy lines. An abstract design has been painted in black, white and yellow with two scrolls either side of the keyhole, and two above. A design of two flowers has been painted in yellow, white and blue on either side of the lock on the front face, and there is painted black lettering superimposed over the design and over painted white lettering across the front. Two black, painted monograms on back.
Stylized dog with a bottom (part a) and a top (part b). Its head is on its right side and facing forward. Face is white with black hair and curly tendrils. The neck is adorned with a twisted gold-coloured rope decorated with an alternating pattern of three blue, and of three red dots outlined with white and tied at the back. The tail curls inward. Decorated with green, brown, blue, red, and white landscape scenes, cranes, and fans on a gold-coloured background.
One male and one female standing figure on a platform (part d) on a boat (part a). Both are painted with black, and white, however the male is also painted blue, and green while the female is also painted red, pink, and blue. Sail (part b) has character meaning "precious", and it is leaning on the mast (part c) There is a purple tassel on each side of the curved sail, and an orange tassel at the front. Sides of the boat are painted blue, red, black, and white.