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3o6 METAL WORK.
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No. 668.
Engraved upon a brass Sword-guard. Hiro-nobu. Hiro-
nobu, the maker.
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No. 669.
Engraved upon a copper Sword-guard, inlaid with gold
and silver. Hama-no Ki-zui. Hamano Kizui, the name of
the maker.
No. 670.
Engraved upon a bronze figure of Quanon. Tem-mei
ni Tora toshi roku-gatsu kichi sho nichi 0 -ya Sa-gami
TSUKURU KORE o. Oya Sagami made this on the day of lucky
omen^ in the sixth month of the Zodiac year of the Tiger, the
second year of the period of Temmei, 1782 a.d.