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TWENTY-FIVE KOZUKA, AN IRON TSUBA AND TWO KOZUKA BLADES
Some signed, 18th/19th Century
The first shakudo ishime-ji kozuka decorated with a toad and plants in copper takazogan and shakudo takabori, signed Seimin ; shibuichi Nara school, depicting Ushiwaka playing the flute under the full moon in usuniku bori and shishiaibori, signed Shigenko Soo; shibuichi decorated with a design of a camellia flower branch in a shakudo pot in iroe takazogan, with signature Shuno Hogan Nobiyoshi and Kao; shakudo nanako Goto school with a dragon entwined on a ken in takabori, encased in gilt shibuichi, with signature Mon Jyoshin Renjo and Kao; dark shibuichi depicting two warriors in katakiri bori, signed Furukawa Jyochin and Kao; shibuichi depicting a Kubira, one of the twelve god generals protecting Nyorai, with an arrow on a boar in copper takazogan, signed Seishunkan; a copper kozuka with a figure holding incense and another in katakiribori, takabori and gilt; shibuichi kozuka decorated with a kingfisher perched on reeds in takabori, takazogan and gilt details; another depicting ducks in a stream in sukidashi, silver zogan with ducks, the reverse with a mountainous landscape in katakiribori; copper depicting two manzai dancers in takabori, shibuichi takazogan and gilt, shakudo and gilt case, with signature Tsunenao and kao; ishime-ji copper, deer in takazogan; copper with plum blossom, signed Masanori and kao; shibuichi nanako with a grasshopper in copper; shibuichi Mito with Jurojin in shishiai bori, reverse shakudo, signed Aobaken Yoshitaka (?); another Hamano shibuichi depicting Kanzan and Jittoku, signed Yukihide; another similar depicting Hotei, with signature Joi; shibuichi Hamano, depicting Jurojin holding a tama in takazogan; seven iron kozuka including one Hamano depicting a foreigner, signed Hamano Naohide and kao, one depicting a monkey reaching for a reflection of the moon, signed Nanaju ichi o Yoshichika, Tsuchiya school, one with herons, signed Tomotsune; another four depicting a rabbit, drum and rosary, boat and a centipede; a small shibuichi kozuka carved in takabori with waves; an iron circular Bushu tsuba carved in relief with a landscape, signed Bushuju Masanaga, 7.4cm.; and two kozuka blades, (some rust) (28)
