Kimura Yasutoshi (active mid-19th century) A pair of fuchi-gashira for a daisho set of long and short sword Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century Of shakudo with prominent nanako grain, each fuchi with a three-petal floral mon (crest) and a mon consisting of a pierced square within a circle, the kashira with gilt eyelets, the copper plate of each fuchi signed Yasutoshi and with an elaborate kao With a wood storage box 注脚 For an artist with this kao, see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, no.H11314.0 (p.2216).