Small Paperweight or Brushrest in the Form of a Reclining Boy Resting His Head and Arms on a Pillow

Ink on carved wood

appliquéed card and foil cut-outs, premoulded figurative elements, variously colored, on fabric-covered masonite

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving), "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques

Pale greenish white nephrite

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Wooden-handled metal cutting tool with metal-wrapped tip