Eleven kozuka (knife handles) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century Of shakudo, shibuichi, copper, or iron, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first with a Chinese general and a Tartar warrior, with signature Toshinaga; the second with travellers in a ferry boat, with signature on the side Hamano Noriyuki; the third with Kanzan holding a scroll, with signature Joi; the fourth with monkeys, signed Omori Hidekuni (a nanako specialist); the fifth with a snow-covered stem of bamboo, the moon on the reverse, indistinctly signed; the sixth with a tokkuri and guinomi (sake flask and cup), the reverse with a poem ; the seventh in the form of a fish, signed Yuzo; the eighth with a herdboy on an ox in a river, reaching out to recover his lost flute, signed Kato Tomotoshi and sealed Tomotoshi; the ninth with cranes in a rice paddy, signed Yoshida Kiyoteru; the tenth with a bamboo blind and books, with signature Goto Yujo and a kao; the last with a horned owl on a branch by the light of the moon. (11).