Bowl with light blue glaze with dark blue designs on outside of a berry and flower spray, grass and 3 circles. The foot ring is 1 cm. deep with a double blue circle on outside. Single blue line around base of bowl on outside. Blue line around outer side and on inside lip. Blue dot inside at bottom and double blue line inside near bottom.

Part a is a loosely woven yellow cloth, with each pair of corners tied at the sides; used to hold pairs of clam shells for kaiawase (貝合わせ), a shell matching game; the cloth has black calligraphy on the outside. There are seven pairs of cream coloured clam shells (parts b-o), with matching scenes painted on gold paper glued to the insides. The gold paper has dots and geometric patterns; each shell has a horizontal greenish band across it representing a river. The first pair (pts b-c) have red and blue flowers on the upper side. The next pair (pts d-e) have a branch with flowers and two white and black birds with red breasts on the upper half. The third (pts f-g) have brown grass and red and blue flowers in the upper half. The fourth pair (pts h-i) have red and blue flower sprays in the upper half, and the gold is rubbed off in a few places. The fifth pair (pts j-k) have a fence with blue and red flowers above. The sixth (pts l-m) have a brown log-like feature. The last pair (pts n-o) have three white flowers and one red flower in the upper section. Parts b-o have polished, natural shell exteriors.

Robe made from one piece of black satin, lined with red cotton. Open at sides and front with a narrow white collar. Two larger medallions at the chest and centre back as well as six smaller on the arms bottom back and bottom front, all with the same crane design embroidered in satin stitch with gold couching around head and eye. Two red cord ties attached at chest.

Child’s cap made of silk gauze ribbons with three long ribbons hanging down the back and ties made of orange silk cord ending in red and white tassels. Front edge of cap is made of a black ribbon with three Chinese characters stamped in gold on each side. Perpendicular to this, going over the top of the head, is a ribbon of yellow green silk gauze stamped with gold flowers and a cicada and embroidered with a Chinese character in red. A ribbon of red silk stamped with gold Chinese characters goes around the head, and parallel to this a blue ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters forms the lower edge of the cap. Over the ears are inserted triangles of pale w silk, each embroidered with a red and white flower. Most of the ribbons are lined with pink silk gauze. A black ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters goes down the centre back, with a similarly stamped blue ribbon on each side. At the centre front is an ornament composed of five circles embroidered with flowers, stuffed to make them round. At the centre is a flower carved from grey-green stone, at the centre of which is a yellow bead. From this ornament hang five pink silk tassels, each wrapped in silver thread.

Tapering chopstick rounded at one end and oval at the other. Engraved with floral designs on the two sides of the wide end.

Tapering chopstick rounded at one end and oval at the other. Engraved with floral designs on the two sides of the wide end.

A metalwork chopstick with a blunt end. Handle tapers to a square end with an engraved floral design repeated on four sides.

A metalwork chopstick with a blunt end. Handle tapers to a square end with an engraved floral design repeated on four sides.

A metalwork spoon with a flat handle that has a rectangular end engraved with a floral design. Bowl is deep and longer than wide. There is a silver mark on the back.

A metalwork spoon with a straight handle of uniform width that is engraved near the end with a floral spray. Wide shallow bowl. There is a mark on the back.