Eight fuchi-gashira (hilt collars and pommels) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century (16)

Eight fuchi-gashira (hilt collars and pommels)

Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century

All of
shibuichi, decorated in a variety of chiselling and inlay techniques, the first of
yamabushi (warrior monks) wearing
oi (backpacks), with signature
Shunshodo Konkan and a
kao; the second with Hotei and
karako (Chinese boys), with signature
Issando Joi and a stamped number 55; the third with the three Chinese heroes of the Three Kingdoms swearing the Peach Garden Oath, Cao Cao shown on the
fuchi, with signature
Nara Toshinaga; the fourth with Jurojin and his crane and Jurojin with his stag; the fifth, the
kashira modelled as Jurojin holding a scroll, the
fuchi depicting a religious ceremony, signed and dated
Kaei gan saru chu ka Ishiguro Masayoshi kinsaku (Carefully made by Ishiguro Masayoshi in the fifth month of 1848) and a stamped number 63; the sixth, the
kashira modelled as Hotei carrying his sack, the
fuchi with cranes; the seventh with a
Manzai New Year dancer, a
sarumawashi (monkey trainer) and pine saplings, with signature
Echizen no Daijo Nagatsune and a
kao; the last with a
Nio (Buddhist guardian deity), with signature
Joi and seal
Nagaharu. (16).

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