AN OVAL KIKU-GATA IRON TSUBA the ishimeji plate decorated with kiku leaves in gold hirazogan, 19th Century, 7.7 cm; a rounded square iron tsuba decorated in gold and brass takazogan with geese above a fishing boar, Nara style, 19th Century,7.3 cm; a rounded square iron tsuba decorated in silver and gilt takazogan with pine cones flowers, bamboo rim, 19th Century, 8.2 cm; a rounded square tsuba mon-sukashi, the rim formed as twelve mon,, 19th Century, 6.9 cm; a large iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with fruiting vines within the irregular rim, gold, silver and copper details, Hizen school 18th Century, 8 cm; a Higo style iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with a bird on a flowering plum branch which forms the rim, 18th Century, 8.2 cm; a mokkogata iron tsuba decorated in takabori with a mantis below kiri leaves, iroe details, 19th Century, 8.2 cm; and another oval iron tsuba, the plate mokumeji, 19th Century, 7.1 cm (8)