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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.
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