SEVEN FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century (18)SEVEN FUCHI-GASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryThe first in Mino Goto style, shakudo and gold, deeply chiselled with choji (cloves) and karakusa ('Chinese grasses') arabesques, unsigned; the second shibuichi and gold, with waves and spray, with signature Teruhide and a kao; the third shakudo, copper, and gold, with anchors, ropes, and waves, unsigned; the fourth shakudo, with rustic dwellings and flowering prunus, unsigned; the fifth copper, gold, and silver, with kikusui (chrysanthemum and water) motifs, with signature Ikkin and a kao; the sixth gold, shibuichi, and shakudo, with an okina (old man) mask, dancer's suehiro fan, origami cranes and kadomatsu (decorative pine sprigs), signed Yoshioka Inabanosuke saku; the last iron and gold, chiselled with pine trees, signed Zengyokuenju ni oite Yoshi [...]; four with a plain wood storage box. (18).None