A set of fuchi (hilt collar), kashira (hilt pommel), and kojiri (scabbard tip), and five fuchi-gashira (matching hilt collars and pommels)

Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century

Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/19th century
The set of fuchi, kashira, and kojiri shibuichi chased and gilded with rabbits, signed Jokatsusai Yasukazu, with a kao (compare Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, H00306.0, 'Chinju'); the first fuchi-gashira shakudo nanako with shoots, leaves, flowers of kohone (nuphar japonica), signed Gyokuryusai Tsuji Masayoshi with a kao; the second fuchi-gashira shakudo inlaid in mixed metals with seashells and seaweed, unsigned; the third fuchi-gashira copper, engraved with a tiger (gilt eyes), signed To-o Sekibun, with a wood storage box inscribed with the title and artist name; the fourth fuchi-gashira iron, inlaid in mixed metals with crabs and weeds, signed Yasutomo (a late-career signature of Shibuya Yasutoshi, see Haynes, op.cit. H11300.0), with a silk-covered storage box inscribed with the title and artist name; the fifth fuchi-gashira shakudo nanako inlaid in mixed metals with a Sanbaso dancer and his gohei (wand with paper streamers), signed Haruchika with a kao with a wood storage box inscribed with the title, the reverse of the lid with an indistinctly dated attestation, probably October 1978; the remaining three each with a wood storage box. (19).