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SIX IRON TSUBA
A circular iron tsuba decorated with the design of karashishi and a figure in takazogan, pierced with pine trees and rocks, 8cm.; a circular tsuba, the thick plate carved and decorated in hot stamps with flowers and branches in nunome zogan, 8.2cm.; a mokkogata tsuba carved in low relief with clouds, 8.6cm.; a mokkogata shakudo tsuba carved with dragon among clouds, signed Ishiyama, Mototada, 7cm.; a circular sentoku tsuba decorated with tiger beside bamboo on one side and dragon among clouds on the other in katakiri bori, 7.1cm.; and a rounded-square brass tsuba carved with kiri leaves and vines in high relief, 7.1cm., all late Edo period (19th century) all late Edo period (19th century) (6)

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