A bamboo basket of young shoots, identified by small markers.
The markers read, from right to left, Long Months, Dai no tsuki: Second Month, Kisaragi; Sixth Month, Minatsuki; Moon Viewing, i.e., the Eighth Month, Tsukimi; Tenth Month, Shigure; Eleventh Month, Kaminatsuki; Twelfth Month, Shiwasu. In fact all are poetic names for the months.
One poem by Shukaku, with seal: Shukaku, on the unchanging Seven Herbs of Spring, Haru no nanakusa, which were ground to make a health-preserving rice gruel eaten on the 7th Day of the First Month. The poem indicates the short months for 1831, 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9.
Issued by the poet
Signature reading: hokkyo Settan no zu, with seal reading: Gangaku
Printer: Kozensai (Kozen[sai])