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A group of ten sets of fuchi-kashira
The first with signature Otsuryuken Shozui; the third signed Harutsugu; the forth signed Masayoshi; the sixth with signature Toshinaga; the eighth signed Masayoshi, Edo period (19th century)
A group of ten sets of fuchi-kashira comprising: a shakudo fuchi-kashira with Marishiten in high relief and a running boar in sunken relief, details in gold; a shibuichi fuchi-kashira with pheasant by a stream and nightingale in high relief with gold, silver and shakudo; an iron fuchi-kashira with birds, bow and arrows beneath a pine tree carved in high relief with gold and copper details; a shibuichi fuchi-kashira with a hermit and flying crane carved in high relief with gold details; an iron fuchi-kashira with cranes flying and wading among the water plants inlaid in high relief gold and silver; a shibuichi fuchi-kashira with a bird perched on a broom and a frog on a well-head in high relief with gold inlay; a shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira with cranes in high relief with gold inlay; a shibuichi fuchi-kashira with cranes among water plants in high relief inlay of gold and silver; a shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira with a monkey trainer with a monkey in high relief with gold and copper inlay; a shakudo fuchi-kashira with eagles on a rocky mountain in high relief with gold inlay
1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) long approximately each
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