THIRTEEN KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
All chiselled and inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo, or shibuichi, the first four copper; the first with a flying crane and moon; the second with a shakujo (Buddhist priest's staff with jingles) and a bell (inlaid in shell); the third with a biwa (Japanese lute), plectrum, and hagi (bush clover), signed Toshiyuki/Nagayuki and with a kao; the fourth with a Chinese man holding a large flageolet; the next two brass or sentoku; the fifth with a gourd vine; the sixth with Chinese heroes, signed Gyokuunsai; the next four shibuichi; the seventh with an egret in a willow tree, signed Jochu with a kao (see Haynes 02107); the eighth with a fishing boat, swallow, and moon, signed Nara saku; the ninth with a hiogi fan, a suehiro, an eboshi (courtier's cap) and writing equipment; the tenth with zodiac animals; the eleventh with a shakudo plate within a shibuichi frame depicting a tiger and bamboo; the twelfth shakudo with a gold nashiji pommel and collar, the ground with a mokume (wood-grain) texture, inlaid in gold with a shishi (Chinese mythical lion) and paulownia; the thirteenth iron, with egrets and a willow tree. (13).
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