Beschreibung:

A ROUND IRON TSUBA , plain mokumeji plate, signed Tadatoki , Akasaka school, 19th century, 7.1cm.; a aoi shaped tsuba , decorated with a ho-o bird, cherry blossom and a bugaku drum and curtain, Kenjo style, 19th century, 7.1cm.; a round iron tsuba , a meandering design in yosukashi signed Inshu ju Suruga saku , Suruga school of Inaba province, 19th century, 7.7cm.; a round iron tsuba , the design divided diagonally, half kikusukashi, half ita plate with amida yasurime and pierced with a cherry blossom, Katchushi style, 18th century, 8.4cm.; and a rounded square iron tsuba , a Chinese bow and spear beneath a thunderstorm (pitted), 19th century, 7.7cm. (5)