Kimura Yasutoshi (active mid-19th century)

A pair of fuchi-gashira for a daisho set of long and short sword
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century

A pair of fuchi-gashira for a daisho set of long and short sword
Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century
Of shakudo with prominent nanako grain, each fuchi with a three-petal floral mon (crest) and a mon consisting of a pierced square within a circle, the kashira with gilt eyelets, the copper plate of each fuchi signed Yasutoshi and with an elaborate kao
With a wood storage box

For an artist with this kao, see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, no.H11314.0 (p.2216).