A ROUND IRON TSUBA, yosukashi design of two broken fans, gilt detail, signed ...emon, Higo style, 18th century, 8cm.; an oval shakudo tsuba, migakiji and iroe takazogan, a Mongol archer, signed Masatoshi and kao, 19th century, 6.5cm.; a round iron tsuba, plain mokumeji plate, signed Etchu Toyama ju Minamoto Tsugutoshi, a swordsmith of Echizen province in the early 18th century, 8.1cm.; a round iron tsuba, nikubori and yosukashi, Chinnan and the Dragon, gilt details, signed Morishige, late 17th century, 7.9cm., and a rounded square sentoku tsuba, katakiri and shishiaibori, depicting Shoki and an oni, details in shakudo and silver, signed Edo ju Yasuaki and kao, and unrecorded artist who probably belonged to the Nara school, 18th century, 7.6cm. (5)

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A ROUND IRON TSUBA, yosukashi design of two broken fans, gilt detail, signed ...emon, Higo style, 18th century, 8cm.; an oval shakudo tsuba, migakiji and iroe takazogan, a Mongol archer, signed Masatoshi and kao, 19th century, 6.5cm.; a round iron tsuba, plain mokumeji plate, signed Etchu Toyama ju Minamoto Tsugutoshi, a swordsmith of Echizen province in the early 18th century, 8.1cm.; a round iron tsuba, nikubori and yosukashi, Chinnan and the Dragon, gilt details, signed Morishige, late 17th century, 7.9cm., and a rounded square sentoku tsuba, katakiri and shishiaibori, depicting Shoki and an oni, details in shakudo and silver, signed Edo ju Yasuaki and kao, and unrecorded artist who probably belonged to the Nara school, 18th century, 7.6cm. (5)

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