Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century The iron daisho pair finished in a tsuchime surface and decorated with scholars and their attendants in a mountainous landscape in nunome-zogan, gold, silver and shakudo takazogan and takabori; the Kumagai iron plate in the form of a peony blossom carved in takabori and kebori and decorated in silver nunome-zogan and dots of gold and silver, with large hitsu-ana and two udenuki holes Each with a wood tomobako storage box The second with Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of Preserving) certificate no. 401471 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated February 22, 2019 3 3/8in (8.5cm) high, the largest