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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.
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