Six fuchi-gashira (hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century Four of shakudo nanako, one of shakudo migaki-ji, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first with hawks on perches, with signature Yanagawa Naomasa and a kao; the second with cranes, signed Sadayoshi; the third with a pheasant and flowering cherry tree, with signature Haruaki Hogen, a kao, and a stamped mark 49; the fourth with geese, signed Juzan Nagayoshi with a kao; the fifth with a rooster, hen, and chick, signed Yokoya Harushige with a kao; the kashira of shakudo nanako, with a raptor in flight, the fuchi of shakudo with peasants crossing a bridge in a storm, with signature Kan'eishi Nomura Kanenori. (12).