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SIX TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS)Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century The first mokkogata, iron, gold, and copper, with a Chinese sage fishing on a river bank; the second oval, iron and gold, with a dragon crawling through from one side to the other; the third irregular, iron, gold, copper and silver, with a deer and torii arch, with signature Otsuryuken Gyonen Rokujugo; the fourth mokkogata, shakudo nanako, gold, and copper, with shishi (Chinese mythical lions) and peonies; the fifth oval, the ryohitsu breaking through the perimeter of the plate, iron, with brass-inlaid foliage in Heianjo-zogan style; the last shibuichi and gold, with a dragon with sword concealed in its tail, and clouds, the kogai hitsu plugged with gilt nekogaki, signed Toryuken Mitsutoshi. The smallest: 6.1cm (2 3/8in) high; the largest: 7.1cm (1 13/16in) high. (6).