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Five tsuba
The first oval, pierced with horse bits, Kyo-sukashi, Edo Period (late 16th/early 17th century); irregularly shaped, with sahari takazogan in an abstract design, Hazama school, Edo Period (16th century); round, carved and pierced with Asahina Saburo and Saga no Goro, their faces and limbs in silver and shakudo, gilt details, Bizen Shoami school, Edo Period (17th century); round sentoku, lower plate carved with turbulent waves inlaid with mooring posts and loosed painters in copper, shakudo and silver, a boat to the reverse, Nara school, Edo Period (18th century); and mokkogata copper, tapering plate with silver hirazogan and kebori of bamboo and pine, Momoyama Period (16th century)
2.5/8in. (6.7cm.), 26in. (5.3cm.), 3in. (7.8cm.), 36in. (8.4cm.) and 2.11/16 (6.9cm.) respectively (5)
The first oval, pierced with horse bits, Kyo-sukashi, Edo Period (late 16th/early 17th century); irregularly shaped, with sahari takazogan in an abstract design, Hazama school, Edo Period (16th century); round, carved and pierced with Asahina Saburo and Saga no Goro, their faces and limbs in silver and shakudo, gilt details, Bizen Shoami school, Edo Period (17th century); round sentoku, lower plate carved with turbulent waves inlaid with mooring posts and loosed painters in copper, shakudo and silver, a boat to the reverse, Nara school, Edo Period (18th century); and mokkogata copper, tapering plate with silver hirazogan and kebori of bamboo and pine, Momoyama Period (16th century)
2.5/8in. (6.7cm.), 26in. (5.3cm.), 3in. (7.8cm.), 36in. (8.4cm.) and 2.11/16 (6.9cm.) respectively (5)