EIGHT FUCHIGASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
The first shakudo nanako with gold, silver, shibuichi, and copper, depicting butterburs and flowering plants, signed Kiyotoshi with a kao (Haynes 10401, circa 1850), with wood tomobako storage box with an attestation on the reverse of the lid by Amiya Soemon dated summer 2010; the second shibuichi, gold, and shakudo, depicting flowering chrysanthemums, obscurely signed; the third shibuichi with katagiribori chiselling depicting noblemen watching a performance of the drama Ataka no seki, signed Furukawa Jochin with a kao (Haynes 02106, circa 1750); the fourth shakudo and gold, in Mino-Goto style, depicting chrysanthemums, wisteria, and suzumushi (bell crickets), signed Mino no ju Mitsuaki (Goto Mitsuaki, Haynes 05133, 18th century); the fifth shakudo and gold, chiselled in relief with Jurojin, God of Longevity, and a minogame (bushy-tailed turtle), signed Ichiryu Tomoyoshi; the sixth shibuichi, gold, and copper, chiselled in relief with Tekkai Sennin exhaling his anima and Gama Sennin with his toad, signed Tsunenao with a kao; the seventh shibuichi with flat inlay of gold, silver, and shakudo, depicting a boat courtesan at Asazuma on Lake Biwa, after the painter Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724), signed Jochiku; the eighth shibuichi with gold, silver, and shakudo, depicting the warrior-monk Benkei, signed Tsunenao with a kao; all with wood storage boxes (some with paper labels). (24).
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