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310 METAL WORK.
No. 68i.
Engraved upon a brass Sword-guard. Ji-sei-tei Sho-
SHiN. Jiseitei Shoshin, the name of the maker.
No. 682.
Cast in relief upon a bronze Mirror, bearing the crest
of the Prince of Sendai, in a lacquered case. Ji-mura, To-
SA KAMI, Fuji-wara, Mitsu-shige. Mitsiishige Jimura, the
maker, who assumes the name of Fujiwara and also the
title of the governor of the province of Tosa.
No. 683.
Engraved upon an ancient iron Sword-guard of beau-
tiful workmanship. Bu-shiu jiu Masa-nobu. Masanobu, the
maker, a resident of Bushiu, the province of Musashi.