Beschreibung:

Edo period (1615-1868) 18th to 19th century
30 kozuka and seven fuchi-gashira
The kozuka: five copper migakiji and one copper nanako, eight shibuichi, seven iron, four brass or sentoku, two gilt metal, and three shakudo nanako (one converted into a kiseru [tobacco pipe]); the copper kozuka including two with katagiribori chiselling, one with shishiaibori chiselling and relief inlay, one with flush inlay and one with relief inlay, decorated with various animal and figure subjects; the shibuichi kozuka including one with minute inlay of boatmen, with signature Hoson Sozaemon Masamori, one with Shoki in katagiribori, with signature Soyo, and one with the moon and snow-laden bamboo, signed Akitada (Haynes 00072); the iron kozuka all with inlay of another metal including one imitating the branch of a tree, with a spider, one chiselled in katagiribori with Ashinaga, and one chiselled in relief with a nio; one gilt-metal kozuka nanako with a flower raft, the other migakiji with pine and bamboo; one shakudo nanako kozuka with a minogame (a bushy-tailed turtle), one with a duck swimming and one with a samurai scene; some of the fuchi-gashira unassociated sets: the first gilt and enamel with floral decoration, the second shibuichi, shakudo, gold, and silver with a bird and Mount Fuji, the third brass ishimeji and other metals, with a landscape, the fourth shibuichi and other metals, as a helmet, the fifth shakudo nanako, gold, and copper with an oxherd, dragon, and clouds, the sixth iron, with gold nunomezogan of leaves and tendrils, the seventh shakudo ishimeji and other metals, with rustic buildings and pines.
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