AN OVAL COPPER TSUBA migakiji chiselled in katakiribori with Daikoku and his attributes, shakudo rim, signed Kuwamura Katsuhisa and kao (of Kaga Province mid 18th century), 6.4cm; an oval iron tsuba carved in yosukashi and takazogan with the three Heroes of Han, details in iroe nunomezogan, Hiragiya style, 19th century, 8.3cm; a mokkogata iron tanto tsuba, a bamboo shoot in gold takazogan, 19th century, 5.1cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with a kiri design, Higo school, 19th century, 8.1cm.; an oval brass tsuba, a wide horizontal bar within the broad rim, Nishigaki style of Higo, 7.2cm.; an iron aoi tsuba, gold nunomezogan tendrils to the integral o-seppa, riohitsu plugged with shakudo, 19th century, 8.5cm.; and a rounded square iron tsuba formed as a stylized oni in yosukashi, 18th century, 7.2cm. (7)