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SEVEN FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS SIX FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS EIGHT FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS
AND POMMELS) AND POMMELS) AND POMMELS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
Four of shibuichi, two of shakudo, and one Three of shibuichi, two of shakudo, and one All of shibuichi, decorated in a variety of
of copper, decorated in a variety of chiselling of iron, decorated in high-relief iro-e inlay and chiselling and inlay techniques, the first
and inlay techniques, the first with paulownia other techniques, the first with a swordsmith of yamabushi (warrior monks) wearing oi
leaves and branches, stamped 22; the second forging a blade and examining it seated under (backpacks), with signature Shunshodo
with waves and spray, with signature Omori a shimenawa (sacred enclosure rope); the Konkan and a kao; the second with Hotei
Teruhide and a kao; the third with bamboo; second with horses and a man leading an ox, and karako (Chinese boys), with signature
the fourth with mallow flowers; the fifth with a with signature Otsuryuken Shozui, aged 68; Issando Joi and a stamped number 55; the
butterfly, bamboo, and stream, with signature the third with the three heroes of the Three third with the three Chinese heroes of the Three
Soyo and a kao; the sixth with peonies, signed Kingdoms studying a scroll, signed Naoyuki; Kingdoms swearing the Peach Garden Oath,
Ichibosai Hogen Akichika (Sawaki Akitatsu, the fourth with a gesturing rakan (Buddhist Cao Cao shown on the fuchi, with signature
pupil of Shunmei Hogen and specialist in disciple) and a giant hossu (whisk), indistinctly Nara Toshinaga; the fourth with Jurojin and his
peony decoration) with a kao; the last with signed Noriyuki; the fifth with two sennin, one crane and Jurojin with his stag; the fifth, the
cherry blossoms. (14). of them Tekkai with his staff and bowl, with kashira modelled as Jurojin holding a scroll, the
signature Nagatsune and a kao; the last with fuchi depicting a religious ceremony, signed
£1,500 - 2,000 a hooded figure under a willow, signed Nara and dated Kaei gan saru chu ka Ishiguro
JPY230,000 - 300,000 Tsuneshige. (12). Masayoshi kinsaku (Carefully made by Ishiguro
US$2,000 - 2,700 Masayoshi in the fifth month of 1848) and a
£1,000 - 1,500 stamped number 63; the sixth, the kashira
JPY150,000 - 230,000 modelled as Hotei carrying his sack, the fuchi
US$1,400 - 2,000 with cranes; the seventh with a Manzai New
Year dancer, a sarumawashi (monkey trainer)
and pine saplings, with signature Echizen no
Daijo Nagatsune and a kao; the last with a Nio
(Buddhist guardian deity), with signature Joi
and seal Nagaharu. (16).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,700 - 4,100

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