FIVE KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
All shibuichi, the first with silver, gold, copper, and shakudo, depicting a Chinese official and scholar seated before a table beneath a tree, signed Hamano Terunori with a kao (Haynes 09611, circa 1850); the second with gold, depicting Confucius beneath a ten-character quotation from Book 7:38 of the Rongo (Chinese: Lun Yu, [The Analects]): 'Warm-hearted yet stern, authoritative yet not fierce, courteous yet relaxed', signed Ichiryu Tomoyoshi kinkoku (Respectfully chiselled by Ichiryu Tomoyoshi); the third with gold, depicting a standing figure of Kan'u brandishing a halberd, signed Gaiundo Naoyuki with a kao (Haynes 06907); the fourth with gold, depicting Tekkai Sennin resting on his staff; the fifth with gold, copper, shakudo, and silver, depicting a laughing figure standing on an overflowing bucket and looking up at the moon; all with wood storage boxes. (10).
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