A ROUNDED SQUARE IRON TSUBA decorated with a kemari beneath a willow tree, signed Joshu Nishijin ju Umetada Tachibana Shigeyoshi, late 17th century, 8.6cm.; a hachimokkogata iron tsuba formed as four fans and inlaid with brass hoshimon (pitted overall), 18th century, 8.3cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved in yosukashi as a mass of bamboo leaves and branches, signed Seikyujin Toshiyuki, Bushu style, 19th century, 6.5cm.; a mokkogata iron tsuba with a double lobe at top and bottom, signed on the reverse ...Ro, 17th century, 7.3cm.; a round iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with rope curtains, signed illegibly, (pitted), 18th century, 8.3cm.; a mokkogata iron tsuba the ishimeji plate decorated with a cicada in copper takazogan beneath the moon, silver and gilt details, 19th century, 8.6cm.; a round iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with bamboo branches and sparrows, 18th century, 8cm.; an oval iron tsuba carved in yosukashi with birds and segments of circles, (the roped rim pitted), Owari school, 17th century, 7.9cm.; an otafukumokkogata iron tsuba, the gama-hada surface decorated with bamboo in low relief, gold nunomezogan details, 19th century, 7.6cm.; an oval iron tanto tsuba, inlaid in brass and copper hirazogan with leaves and scrolling tendrils in yoshiro style, 18th century, 4.8cm.; a gilt metal tanto tsuba formed as a dragon, signed Rokujin, 19th century, 6.1cm.; and a brass tsuba carved in marubori as three aubergines, signed ...Shokyu, 19th century, 6.9cm. (12)