Six fuchi-gashira (hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century Of shibuichi or shakudo, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first with a peasant pounding rice in a mortar, the fuchi with egrets, reeds, pine, and a river, signed Hamano Toshiyuki with a kao; the second with an Oharame carrying a bundle on her head and a boy leading an ox; the third with waves, with signature Omori Teruhide and a kao; the fourth of peasants dragging a boat by the seashore; the fifth with figures in a Chinese-style landscape, with signature Hosono Sozaemon Masanori and a kao; the last of yamabushi (warrior monks) wearing oi (backpacks) with signature Shunshodo Konkan and a kao. (12).