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SIX FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS SIX FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS
AND POMMELS) AND POMMELS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
Of shibuichi or shakudo, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay Three of shibuichi and two of shakudo nanako, decorated in a variety
techniques, the first with a peasant pounding rice in a mortar, the fuchi of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first with monkeys and young
with egrets, reeds, pine, and a river, signed Hamano Toshiyuki with a and persimmon trees, signed Yamagawa Takatsugu (d. 1882) and
kao; the second with an Oharame carrying a bundle on her head and a Shigetaka with a kao; the second, a rat and hanging scroll and rats
boy leading an ox; the third with waves, with signature Omori Teruhide and a fan, with signature Yasuchika; the third, the kashira with rats and
and a kao; the fourth of peasants dragging a boat by the seashore; the rice plants, the fuchi with sparrows, signed Ishiguro Masatsune with a
fifth with figures in a Chinese-style landscape, with signature Hosono kao; the fourth with a tiger and butterfly, signed Seishinsai; the fifth with
Sozaemon Masanori and a kao; the last of yamabushi (warrior monks) dragons, clouds, and raging seas, signed Nagamitsu with a kao; the
wearing oi (backpacks) with signature Shunshodo Konkan fuchi of shibuichi with peonies on a basketwork ground; the kashira of
and a kao. (12). shibuichi with a spotted shishi (Chinese mythical lion). (12).
£1,000 - 1,500 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000 JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,000 US$1,400 - 2,000

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