An oval iron tsuba carved and gilt with a Chinese figure below a bridge and pine, the reverse with a stream below rockwork and clouds -- 3.in.long; and a mokkogata iron tsuba carved and decorated in silver and gilt with a figure carrying a rake beside a minogame in a stream, the reverse with rockwork and waves -- 3¼.in.long.

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An oval iron tsuba carved and gilt with a Chinese figure below a bridge and pine, the reverse with a stream below rockwork and clouds -- 3.in.long; and a mokkogata iron tsuba carved and decorated in silver and gilt with a figure carrying a rake beside a minogame in a stream, the reverse with rockwork and waves -- 3¼.in.long.
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