Piece of rectangular cardboard with ten vertical rows of ten different styles of Japanese calligraphy. Script reads "There are twenty-eight different styles of writing Japanese characters." Cardboard is white and ink is black.

Inkpot with penholder, inkwell, water holder and lids. A male figure is applied to the centre. Unmarked.

Horizontal box-like lantern (part a) with two-legged stand (parts b-d). Lantern consists of ecru-coloured paper stretched across top three sides, with horizontal strips of wood running from end to end across the sides.

Plate with crackled ivory ground and an image depcting boy's day. Crackled and polychrome; gilt overglaze. Border with geometric floral motif in dark red, red and gold.

Two brown deer with details in black and white. One (part a) is larger and has antlers. The other (part b) is smaller and does not have antlers.

Three-masted schooner on a green sea. Two main masts have four sails each with a blue flag in front and an orange-red flag at back. Two triangular sails in front of the main masts are angled and attached to the front mast. Back mast has a sail on one side. Sides are decorated with gold-coloured dots.

A boat with a dragon figurehead at the front. Dragon has an open red and gold-coloured mouth, a whisker curled back at each side, and two branches protruding upward and forward behind its gold -coloured and black painted eyes. Two masts, both of which have a four-tiered sail, however, with an orange-red flag in front and a blue flag in back.

Sumo wrestler (part a) on a wood base (part b). Tuft of black hair on top of his head. His right arm, and his right leg are both extended outward to the side. His clothing is black, white, red-brown, light blue, and gold-coloured.

Three small wood dolls which are basically white with black, and red for the facial features. The eyes are black dots and the eyebrows are black diagonal lines pointing inward and downward. The mouth is a black horizontal line. The nose is a red triangle. The largest doll (parts a-b) has a large black spot on the upper left side of its head (part b). The middle doll (parts c and d) also has a large black spot on the upper left side of its head (part d). The smallest doll (part e) is one-piece.

Female figure with rounded body and moving rounded head which has a point at the centre top. Black hair is painted around the centre top point in a petal-like fashion with a blue band. Painted facial features. Body is painted with white flowers and gold leaves on a green background on dress.