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Four Tsuba
The first round iron tosho, pierced with a parasol, Edo Period (16th century); round iron, with brass inlay of stylised foliage and pierced with three brass inlaid mon, Bizen Yoshiro school, Edo Period (17th century); round iron, pierced as a kiku, each of the petals separate and inlaid into the rim and seppadai, Edo Period (17th century); and round copper ishimeji, pierced with two dragonflies, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century)
3in. (7.6cm.), 36in. (8.1cm.), 36in. (8.8cm.) and 36in. (8.4cm.) respectively (4)
The first round iron tosho, pierced with a parasol, Edo Period (16th century); round iron, with brass inlay of stylised foliage and pierced with three brass inlaid mon, Bizen Yoshiro school, Edo Period (17th century); round iron, pierced as a kiku, each of the petals separate and inlaid into the rim and seppadai, Edo Period (17th century); and round copper ishimeji, pierced with two dragonflies, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century)
3in. (7.6cm.), 36in. (8.1cm.), 36in. (8.8cm.) and 36in. (8.4cm.) respectively (4)