Three pairs of fuchi-kashira and a set of kurikata and menuki

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Three pairs of fuchi-kashira and a set of kurikata and menuki
A set of fuchi-kashira with silver inlaid foxes cavorting in gold and silver high relief inlay on a black shakudo nanako ground, 19th century, 3.8cm; a shinchu set of fuchi-kashira carved in shishiaibori with iroe zogan details with the immortal Jurojin and his attribute pine and fan, signed Toshinaga with kakihan, 17th-18th century, 3.8cm; carved and inlaid in high relief iroe zogan with tengu on a shibuichi ground, signed Otsuryuken Miboku with kakihan, 18th-19th century, 3.8cm; shibuichi kurikata carved with a fox and a menuki formed as a fox and a tanuki, with signature Mitsu and oki, 19th century, 8.3cm (5)

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Lot Essay

The second pair of fuchi-kashira are accompanied by a Ko-shu Tokubetsu Kicho [Sword Fitting Especially Worthy of Preserving] certificate no.8511, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 29 August 1976.

The third pair: a number of sculptors used this name. The first was the great Hamano Shozui, followed by Kenzui, and Shinzui. There were fourth and fifth generations, but this appears to be the work of the third Shinjin (Otsuryuken), and a classical piece of the tradition.

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