THREE INLAID TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century (3)THREE INLAID TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryThe first mokkogata, copper with applied shakudo rim, inlaid in gold with stylised lightning motifs; the second almost circular, iron, pierced and applied with gold nunome-zogan overlay depicting famous sights of Kyoto, sealed Bi/Yoshi; the last oval, shakudo, pierced and modelled as aoi (hollyhock) leaves and stems, the veins inlaid in gold, sealed Sho/Matsu. The smallest: 6cm (2 3/8in) high; the largest: 8cm (3 1/8in) high. (3).None