AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED IRON TSUBA carved in yosukashi with two ho-o birds, the tails forming the rim, 19th century, 7.3cm.; a round iron tsuba, carved in yosukashi with kiri leaves and tendrils, kyo-sukashi school, 18th century, 8.1cm; a mokkogata iron tsuba decorated with Ushiwaka and Sojobo in iroe takazogan, 19th Century, 8.4 cm; a round iron tsuba, carved with Okina-yasurime pierced in kosukashi with cherry blossom, gold nunomezogan rim , Shoami style, 18th Century, 7.9 cm; an oval brass tsuba carved in yosukashi with a kiku and leaves, 19th Century, 6.3 cm; and an iron tsuba formed as flattened shitogi, 19th Century, 7.6 cm (6)