Eight fuchi-gashira (hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century Four of shibuichi, two of shakudo, and one of copper, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first of an archer, possibly Minamoto no Tametomo, sitting beneath a pine tree with two kneeling oni (demons) before him, with signature Konkan; the second with a Chinese archer, signed Senkakudo Tomotoshi tsukuru (Made by Senkakudo Tomotoshi); the third a dancer with rowdy spectators; the fourth with the race across the Uji River; the fifth with warriors crossing a river, signed Nara Naomasa tsukuru (Made by Naomasa of Nara); the sixth with a rock, waves and crest, signed Katsuryuken Naochika; the seventh with Yoshitsune leaping over eight ships; the fuchi of shibuichi with a farmer and bundles of firewood, with signature Echizen no daijo Nagatsune and a kao; the kashira of shibuichi with Enma-o and the Hell Courtesan. (16).