Hanging scroll. Top half of composition shows a nobleman and his scholars in a building. Lower composition depicts a scene of demons torturing human beings in various ways. Polychrome.

Small black and gold bottle. The body is wide with a flat bottom. The sides have vertical ridges that disappear at the rounded shoulders. The neck is narrow and short with a small rounded rim. The bottle now appears black with gold flecks but was originally amber coloured.

Silk hanging scroll with imagery of bamboo and rocks painted on a fine bamboo mat in the centre of the scroll. Bottom of the scroll is attached to a wooden baton. Top of the scroll is attached to a wooden stick with twine for hanging.

Green silk hanging scroll of ink painting; mounted with two separate scenes on paper. Top image is of an old gentleman in deep thought with bamboo trees in the background. Lower scene is of three turtles swimming in the sea. Colours are black, yellow and green on a beige ground. Scroll is attached at the bottom to an ivory baton. Scroll is attached at the top to a wooden strip with a checked black and white fibre cord for hanging.

Hanging scroll featuring a portrait of a seated shogunate in frontal view dressed in a black ceremonial cap and robe. He is holding a fan and carrying a sword. Cherry blossoms in red and white hang from the upper right corner. Painting on silk-fronted paper? Scroll is attached to a wooden baton at the bottom and a strip of wood with a fibre cord attached for hanging at the top.

Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans. Fourth in a set of four (N2.785–N2.788) picture scrolls known as emakimono (絵巻物) or emaki (絵巻) of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画; Animal-person Caricatures). The scroll features ink brush stroke drawings of monks and others engaged in games and other social activities. The scroll is mounted on grey-green paper printed with a silver floral design; wound around a wooden baton. When wound closed, the scroll is tied shut with a length of blue cord printed with a white crisscrossed pattern.

Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans. Third in a set of four (N2.785–N2.788) picture scrolls known as emakimono (絵巻物) or emaki (絵巻) of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画; Animal-person Caricatures). The scroll features ink brush stroke drawings of monks, and others, engaged in games; in the latter half, of birds and animals imitating humans. The scroll is mounted on grey-green paper printed with a silver floral design; wound around a wooden baton. When wound closed, the scroll is tied shut with a length of blue cord printed with a white crisscross pattern.

Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans. First in a set of four (N2.785–N2.788) picture scrolls known as emakimono (絵巻物) or emaki (絵巻) of Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga (鳥獣人物戯画; Animal-person Caricatures). The scroll features ink brush stroke drawings of animals such as monkeys, frogs and hares imitating human activities. The scroll is mounted on grey-green paper printed with a silver floral design; wound around a wooden baton. When wound closed, the scroll is tied shut with a length of blue cord printed with a white crisscross pattern.

First scroll in a set of three (N2.782, N2.783 and N2.784) picture scrolls, known as emakimono (絵巻物) or emaki (絵巻) of Shigisan engi (信貴山縁起; Legends of the Temple on Mount Shigi); painted in ink with calligraphy. Mounted on grey-purple paper printed with a silver floral design. Wound around a wooden baton. When closed it ties shut with a length of purple cord, printed with a white crisscrossing pattern.

First scroll in a set of three (N2.782, N2.783 and N2.784) picture scrolls, known as emakimono (絵巻物) or emaki (絵巻) of Shigisan engi (信貴山縁起; Legends of the Temple on Mount Shigi); painted in ink with calligraphy. Mounted on grey-purple paper printed with a silver floral design. Wound around a wooden baton. When closed it ties shut with a length of purple cord, printed with a white crisscrossing pattern.