Eight fuchi-gashira (hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century All of shibuichi, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first of yamabushi (warrior monks) wearing oi (backpacks), with signature Shunshodo Konkan and a kao; the second with Hotei and karako (Chinese boys), with signature Issando Joi and a stamped number 55; the third with the three Chinese heroes of the Three Kingdoms swearing the Peach Garden Oath, Cao Cao shown on the fuchi, with signature Nara Toshinaga; the fourth with Jurojin and his crane and Jurojin with his stag; the fifth, the kashira modelled as Jurojin holding a scroll, the fuchi depicting a religious ceremony, signed and dated Kaei gan saru chu ka Ishiguro Masayoshi kinsaku (Carefully made by Ishiguro Masayoshi in the fifth month of 1848) and a stamped number 63; the sixth, the kashira modelled as Hotei carrying his sack, the fuchi with cranes; the seventh with a Manzai New Year dancer, a sarumawashi (monkey trainer) and pine saplings, with signature Echizen no Daijo Nagatsune and a kao; the last with a Nio (Buddhist guardian deity), with signature Joi and seal Nagaharu. (16).