The first a woman kneeling, hand-spinning thread from cocoons in a pan of boiling water, another basket of cocoons on the ground, signed Shokosai Toshikazu, 7.8cm x 9.1cm (3in x 3½in); the second an itinerant priest, holding a bamboo cane in one hand and a kitten in the other, signed Kenichi with seal, 16.1cm (6¼in) high; the third a woman carrying a child on her back, children's toys lying at her feet, unsigned, 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high; the fourth a sectional ivory figure of a peasant carrying on his back bundles of brushwood tied to a rack, signed Toshikatsu, 15.5cm (6 1/8in) high; the fifth a farmer holding a basket of fruit and a hoe, signed in a red-lacquer reserve Munehide, 15.2cm (6in) high; the sixth a man holding an open book, signed in a red-lacquer reserve Seiyoku, 11cm (4 3/8in) high; the seventh a hunter and his dog, clutching a rifle and game, unsigned, 12cm (4¾in) high; the eighth of four performing elephants, unsigned; 14.3cm (5 5/8in) high; the nineth a man seated with a carp streamer with his son by his side as they celebrate Children's Day, signed Senri, 11.1cm (4 3/8in) high. (9)