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Heirloom cloth with supplementary weft of gold thread. Gold metallic embroidery of flowers and various surrounding areas of repeated geometric shapes, on red ground. Centre of flowers are coloured in blue, orange, brown, or pink.
Wooden carving of a human figure riding a horse-like animal. Figure wears a hat, long tunic-like garment, loose res pants and golden shoes. Spots of green and red paint and gold leaf(?) remain. Figure and horse stand on a rectangular wooden base.
Throned figure wearing a long gold, red and green tunic-like robe. Figure's hands rest on the knees.
Four lobed form with a hammered background. Nakago ana adjusted with chiseling and metal insert; open kodzuka and kogai. Front: man with copper hands and feet, gold belt, sits at right holding a copper fishing pole; his head is turned over his shoulder to a tree growing up the right side, branches spread over the top . Back: one tree branch incised at the bottom.
Oval-shaped sword guard with dark brown patina, four-lobed edge and raised rim. Triangular hole at centre with a three-lobed hole to one side, and an ovoid hole to the other side. One face has a low relief design of a prunus tree with blooms, and the reverse has a prunus tree with scattered bamboo leaves. Some gold overlay. The design includes an open area where the tree branches appear to pass through the hole. Nakago ana adjusted by chiselling and metal inserts; kodzuka and kogai open.
Circular, metal sword guard with triangular hole at centre, ovoid hole to one side, and three-lobed hole to other side. Low relief openwork design depicting a man holding a pike, with copper face inlaid and robe patterned with gold overlaid in zigzags, waves, pinetrees, mountain forms overlaid with gold lines, and a pagoda which is similarly overlaid. The reverse displays back views of all of the motifs seen on the front, and characters are incised on the back of the seppa dai. Nakago ana adjusted with metal inserts. Open kodzuka and kogai. Characters incised on seppa dai.
Oval metal sword guard. Guard is smooth and has a patina; polished shakudo seppa dai; open kodzuka and kogai. Front: man in sunken relief sitting right centre under a tree. He has face of inlaid copper, hat, sleeve, and knee of overlaid gold. He is reaching toward head of a writhing fish-dragon gazing up at him. The fish dragon's body is coiled and reappears at the top of the guard. Back: incised cloud forms with touches of gold overlay.
Four-lobed form with irregularly hammered background. Has an overall patina; nakago ana has chiseling and copper insert for adjustment to the blade; open kodzuka, no kogai. Front: at bottom in high relief a leopard looks upward to a bamboo in low relief growing up the right side and across the top; leaves overlaid with gold. Back: at bottom centre, several broad curved gouges and a series of dots suggest leopard's claw and pad marks; two gold and copper spots inlaid.
Oval-shaped metal sword guard with triangular hole at centre and ovoid hole to one side. Low relief depiction of a male figure with a hat and sword in profile on one face. The figure's face is copper inlay, the beard is incised, and the hat is gold inlay. Incised tree with one branch on reverse. Made of shicuichi (bronze and silver alloy), open kodzuka, no kogai.
Oval, metal sword guard with four-lobed edge, triangular hole at centre, and ovoid hole to side of centre. Surface slightly raised above rim on both sides, overall brown patina, lightly hammered background. Low relief design of a farmer with overlaid gold clothing standing on a road and holding a rope that is attached to a bronze inlaid water buffalo with overlaid gold bales on its back. The buffalo stands in shallowly incised swirls of water with gold and copper water plants. At top an incised line of mountain peaks with three inlaid copper snow drifts. Back: at bottom left an incised swirl of water, scattered with copper blossoms. Open kodzuka, no kogai.