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A KOIKE YOSHIRO SCHOOL TSUBA AND FOUR OTHERS, AN IWAMOTO SCHOOL FUCHI-KASHIRA, THREE OTHERS, AND A FUCHI
A Koike Yoshiro school tsuba, the circular iron plate pierced with six kikyo flowerheads in ko-sukashi and yo-sukashi and decorated with shinchu zogan of foliage, mimi with shinchu fukurin, unsigned, 3¼in. (8.3cm.), thickness 4mm, 17th century; an Echizen Kogitsune tsuba, the small kawari gata iron plate depicting a dragon among waves in sukidashi bori, kawari square mimi, signed Echizen ju Kogitsune saku kore, 18th century, 2 1/8in. (5.6cm.) thickness approx. 5mm.; a Heianjo tsuba the circular iron plate decorated in brass hirazogan with flowers, plants and symbols of thunder, dote mimi and udenuki ana, unsigned, 16th century, 2½in. (6.3cm.), mimi 4mm; a Heianjo tsuba, the iron plate depicting two lobsters in takabori and brass takazogan, the reverse similarly decorated with deer among scattered maple leaves, square mimi, unsigned, late 16th/early 17th century, 2¾in. (6.8cm.), mimi 4mm.; an Iwamoto school fuchi-kashira, the shakudo nanako base metal worked in takabori and iroe takazogan depicting mejiro [white-eyed birds] jostling for position on the shaft of a hoe, signed Yoshitsugu, 19th century; an Omori school fuchi, the shakudo nanako base depicting shimekazari [rope decoration] for the New Year, signed Kenkosai Kazunori, 19th century; a Mito kinko fuchi-kashira, the shibuichi base depicting Shoki and oni in takabori and gold zogan, signed Tankasai Mototoshi zo, 19th century; an iron Edo Umetada school fuchi-kashira, the iron migaki-ji base decorated with dragons in shibuichi suemon and gold iroe, signed Narimasa and kao, 19th century; and a Murakami school fuchi-kashira, the shakudo chirimen-ishime-ji base depicting dragonflies and reeds with water drops in takazogan, the heads inlaid in shell and the details in gilt, with signature Buyo ju Jochiku and kao, 19th Century; and a round iron tsuba lightly chiselled with yasurime, signed Hoan and kao (2nd generation), 7.7cm. (10)
