Nine tsuba and three fuchi-gashira


Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th centuryComprising: three tsuba of iron, one of Kamakura-bori, with a design of pagodas, bridges and clouds, unsigned, 8.5cm (3 3/8in); one of Tosho type, pierced with cherry and prunus blossoms, 8.2cm (3¼in); and a Kinai tsuba pierced with chrysanthemum over waves, signed Echizen no ju Kinai saku, 7.3cm (2 7/8in); a yamagane tsuba cast with dragons in water and pine trees, unsigned, 7.9cm (3 1/8in); a shibuichi tsuba carved and inlaid with a sage and attendant by a waterfall, signed Hirotoshi with a kao, 7.3cm (2 7/8in); another with breaking waves, inscribed Omori Teruhide with a kao, 7cm (2¾in); a Nara brass tsuba carved and pierced with Chinese generals, unsigned, 6.7cm (2 5/8in); and two Mino-Goto tsuba, one carved and inlaid with Tadamori capturing the oil thief, the other with autumn plants and grasses, both unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) each; a Mino-Goto fuchi-gashira with insects among autumn plants in relief, unsigned; and two of iron, one with monkeys in relief, the other with inlaid silver bamboo, both unsigned; with a glazed wood display case for the tsuba. (13).