EIGHT FUCHIGASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
The first iron, shakudo, and gold, depicting dragons and clouds, signed Katsuryuken gyonen rokujugo Masayoshi (Katsuryuken Masayoshi, aged 65; Haynes 04907, circa 1828); the second shakudo, chiselled in katagiribori with inoshishi (wild boars), signed Kikuchi Tsunekatsu with a kao (Haynes 10811); the third shibuichi, copper, shakudo, and gold, depicting revellers on a boat beneath a willow tree and swallow, signed Tsunenao with a kao; the fourth shakudo and gold, chiselled in relief with dragons and clouds, signed Goto Tojo mon Toho (Toho, pupil of Goto Tojo), with a kao (Haynes 09713, mid-19th century); the fifth shakudo and gold, chiselled in relief with birds in a tree, signed Bushu no ju Masanaga saku; the sixth shakudo nanako, copper, and gold, depicting Ise-ebi (spiny lobsters); the seventh shibuichi with engraving and flat inlay of gold and silver, depicting egrets and willows, signed Hosono Sozaemon saku, with a lacquered wood storage box; the eighth shibuichi, shakudo, and gold, chiselled in relief with a bird, tree, and river, signed Nara Shigemitsu with a kao (possibly Haynes 08348, but the kao differs); all with wood storage boxes (one lacquered; some with paper labels). (24).
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