banner (art); box (containers); lid (containers); instructions

Rectangular doorway hanging, noren, in blue material with four loops at the top made of the same fabric. Across the banner are three representations of toy horses, with a flat saddle area and an erect tail emeging from a vertical flap at the back of it. The central horse has gold sparkly 'glitter' flecks stuck to most of its surface with red and blue designs on the other areas; the two which flank it are white with red and blue designs on them. There is a calligraphic inscription [Koriyama, the name of a city] to bottom left and another [miharugoma, the name of the type of toy, which includes the name of part of Koriyama] to top right. In a presentation box.

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