An inventory of the temple's furnishings is preserved in the old document.
I hear that all the furniture and fixtures in this mansion are from the Edo period.
The kanji 什 means 'utensil' or 'tool', and 物 means 'thing'. The compound is of Chinese origin and has been used in Japanese since at least the Heian period to refer to household goods and valuables. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.