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A short, wakizashi style sword with a wooden handle and sheath. Handle features black silk cords tied decoratively (tsuka-ito ) over a grey sharkskin covering and a pair of menuki (sword fittings), one on each side of the handle. Sheath has inlaid horn on a black ground. The guard has a prunus design.
Knife (a) with sheath (b) in which a small blade (c) is inserted. Knife has a curved blade etched (?) on one side with series of irregular, dark, patch-like shapes. The blade passes through a silver-coloured steel (?) sheath, with the tang (two-holed) inserted into the wooden handle, passing through a gold lacquered wooden guard. Each side of the handle is inlaid with an ivory plaque carved with a dragon figure; lotus carved ivory at end . Sheath (b) of wood with gold lacquer bamboo leaf design, inlaid with insects and plants of ivory, mother-of-pearl, and stones, with ivory end; wood badly split, inlays crudely repaired. Small blade, curved, is missing handle; stained red.
A small square black box (part a) inlaid with engraved mother of pearl shell, and having a fitted lid (part b). The top of the lid (part b) has two gentlemen in a garden setting. The sides are decorated with flowers, and peach motifs.
Shallow rectangular box (a) with lid with Iris design (b) and thin rectangular wooden insert (c) that fits inner base of box (a). Lid is warped and does not sit flush on box.
A mushroom-shape wood piece that has an elaborate star-like head decorated with bits of mirrored green and gold glass.
Celadon bowl. The interior has a band of stylized scroll (당초문; 唐草文) around the rim, four evenly-spaced lychee designs on walls, and one stylized chrysanthemum pattern at the centre. Exterior (from rim down) has band of two lines at the rim, four evenly spaced stylized chrysanthemum patterns outlined in circles, band of two lines, band of two lines at bottom, and four evenly-spaced chrysanthemum designs. Traces of three silica stone spurs underneath; the glaze colour is partially yellowish brown from oxidization during firing.
Wooden, circular tambourine with a skin ? cover and five sections of metal discs. The wooden frame is inlaid with square, diagonal and triangular pieces of mother-of-pearl and horn to form a geometric pattern. The metal discs are all similar with the exception of one set that has jagged edges.
A rectangular plaque with an image of a monk at rest and Japanese characters, carved from stone. The monk sits with his right leg lying on the floor bent at the knee toward his left knee that is folded up and over. He is holding prayer beads with his left hand. He is dressed in a long robe and trousers. Four characters carved are in relief across the top. The background is light brown wood. The frame is dark brown. A dark maroon-red ribbon-like string is tied through metal rings at the top.
Spherical bell with handle formed by two fish with inlaid eyes. Carved floral and geometric designs.
Red lacquer with 5 mother of pearl inlaid flowers, black underneath.