Eight fuchi-gashira (hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century Four of shibuichi, three of shakudo, and one of brass, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first with Jurojin and deer, one of them pierced by an arrow, with signature Horie Okinari and a kao; the second, the kashira with an eagle seizing a monkey, the fuchi with a minogame (bushy-tailed longevity turtle), signed Yoshiharu ; the third with a rats' procession, signed Hiroyoshi (active 1840s) with a kao; the fourth with a kappa (river demon), signed with a kao; the fifth with a rat and hanging scroll, with signature Yasuchika; the sixth with horses drinking under a river by a tree; the seventh with oxen; the last deeply chiselled with shishi (Chinese mythical lions), the engraving extending onto the fuchi plate. (16).