Fuchi (sword ring) and kashira (pommel cap), both of copper, fuchi with a mouse and a fan, kashira with a hanging scroll and a mouse, both in shibuichi and gold: Japan, Nara School, probably made by Yasuchika

Hanging scroll painting, depicting Raiden the thunder god above a group of frightened people, ink and colours on paper: Japan, commercial work for the tourist market, late 19th century

Hanging scroll painting, of four carp swimming, ink on silk: Japan, by Kikuchi Yōsai, c. 1850 - 1878

Hanging scroll painting, ink and colours on paper, depicting a scene from Ch. 17 E-awase of Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), Prince Genji and Murasaki looking at sketches from his exile in Suma, with cherry blossom outside: Japan, after Tosa Mitsuoki, 18th century

Hanging scroll painting, ink and colours on paper, depicting a scene from Ch. 38 Suzumushi of Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), courtiers at an autumn concert at the Third Princess' residence under the full moon: Japan, after Tosa Mitsuoki, 18th century

Hanging scroll painting, ink and colours on paper, depicting a scene from Ch. 20 Asagao of Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji), Genji and Murasaki watching as maidservants play in the snow outside: Japan, after Tosa Mitsuoki, 18th century

Hanging scroll painting, entitled Piles of Snow Sheltered by the Mountain, depicting buildings around a river with a fisherman poling a boat, beneath snow-covered mountains, in ink and colours on silk: China, Ming Dynasty, by Fan Jingwen, 1640

Calligraphy hanging scroll, displaying the Chinese character 寧 (Ning, peace) and composed of Arabic calligraphy giving the Islamic Shahada (profession of faith) in the centre with the Arabic formula 'b'ism Allah al-Rhaman al-Rahmeem' above: China, by Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang, c. 2005

Calligraphy hanging scroll, in ink on paper, displaying one of the names of Allah Al-Rahman, rendered by executing the entire calligraphic unit in one single stroke: China, by Haji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang, c. 2005

Part of a colour woodblock triptych print, depicting a courtesan and attendant performing the tea ceremony, with hanging scrolls of the Three Friends of Winter in the alcove: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1856

Hanging scroll painting depicting peony blossom, ink and colours on silk: Japan

Colour woodblock print, vertical oban diptych, mounted as a hanging scroll (kakemono-e), depicting the courtesan Wakamurasaki of the Tamaya house: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, c. 1835

Colour woodblock print mounted as a hanging scroll, of a banner with a design of three beauties representing the Three Heroes of Shu, five poems to the left: Japan, Osaka, by Hirosada, 1830

Colour woodblock print, vertical oban diptych, mounted as a hanging scroll (kakemono-e), depicting young woman holding umbrella in the snow: Japan, by Keisai Eisen, 1820-30

Colour woodblock print, vertical oban diptych, mounted as a hanging scroll (kakemono-e), entitled Ukiyo setsugekka no uchi (Snow, Moon and Flowers of the Floating World), depicting young woman walking in the snow with an umbrella: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, 1844

Colour woodblock print, vertical oban diptych, mounted as a hanging scroll (kakemono-e), depicting a young woman with an umbrella, carrying a package: Japan, by Utagawa Kunisada, c. 1840