A Kogai and four Kozuka

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A Kogai and four Kozuka
A yamagane nanako kogai with a ruler and pine in sukidashi bori, with applied silver, mumei attributed to ko-kinko work, 16th century, 22.8cm; a gilt kozuka with a shakudo nanako panel with Hotei and two karako in gold suemon zogan, unsigned, attributed to Goto Etsujo, 17th century, 9.8cm; a shakudo nanako kozuka with a sudare reed screen in gold suemon zogan in the style of the Goto school, 19th century, 9.6cm; an iron kozuka with a group of sixteen Rakan carved in varying relief, inlaid with copper, silver, shakudo, and shibuichi, signed Ichiryuken, 18th century, 9.8cm; shibuichi kozuka with a whale and other deep sea fish in high relief iroe zogan on a base carved with waves, inlaid in high relief with silver spray, unsigned, 18th-19th century, 9.8cm. (5)

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The kogai accompanied by a Hozon Tosogu [Sword Fitting Worthy of Preserving] certificate no.430232, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 20 April 1995.

The kozuka of Hotei and karako accompanied by a Hozon Tosogu [Sword Fitting Worthy of Preserving] certificate no.425008, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword] on 21 June 1991.

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