A CONVEX MOKKOGATA IRON TSUBA carved with two rain dragons over amida-yasurime, Hizen style, 18th Century, 9.2 cm; a rounded square iron tsuba pierced in yosukashi with a wild goose over a reed marsh, Akasaka style, 19th century, 7cm; an oval iron tsuba, the tapering plate carved in yosukashi with a spray of rice, Bushu style, 19th Century, 7.4 cm; an oval iron tsuba decorated with geese flying over reeds, 19th Century, 7.9 cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved in low relief with kiku, gilt details, signed Sakushu ju Joko, 19th century, 7cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved in low relief with a spray of iris, gilt details, 19th century, 6.8cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with an abstract design, Akasaka style, 19th century, 7.4cm.; a brass tanto tsuba fromed as a rain dragon in marubori, 19th century, 6.4cm.; an oval sentoku tsuba carved with a tiger in a cave, gilt details, inscribed Toshinaga, 18th century, 6.9cm.; a round iron tsuba carved in takabori with Fudo, gilt details, inscribed with the full Kaneie signature, 19th century, 8.4cm.; a roku-mokko iron tsuba with a mokumeji surface, 19th century, 7.5cm.; and another, rounded square tsuba decorated with a brass tiger, 19th century, 8.4cm. (12)