EIGHT FUCHIGASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryThe firstshakudo nanako with gold, silver,shibuichi, and copper, depicting butterburs and flowering plants, signedKiyotoshi with akao (Haynes 10401, circa 1850), with woodtomobako storage box with an attestation on the reverse of the lid by Amiya Soemon dated summer 2010; the secondshibuichi, gold, andshakudo, depicting flowering chrysanthemums, obscurely signed; the thirdshibuichi withkatagiribori chiselling depicting noblemen watching a performance of the dramaAtaka no seki, signedFurukawa Jochin with akao (Haynes 02106, circa 1750); the fourthshakudo and gold, in Mino-Goto style, depicting chrysanthemums, wisteria, andsuzumushi (bell crickets), signedMino no ju Mitsuaki (Goto Mitsuaki, Haynes 05133, 18th century); the fifthshakudo and gold, chiselled in relief with Jurojin, God of Longevity, and aminogame (bushy-tailed turtle), signedIchiryu Tomoyoshi; the sixthshibuichi, gold, and copper, chiselled in relief with Tekkai Sennin exhaling his anima and Gama Sennin with his toad, signedTsunenao with akao; the seventhshibuichi with flat inlay of gold, silver, andshakudo, depicting a boat courtesan at Asazuma on Lake Biwa, after the painter Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), signedJochiku; the eighthshibuichi with gold, silver, andshakudo, depicting the warrior-monk Benkei, signedTsunenao with akao; all with wood storage boxes (some with paper labels). (24).