Comprising four iron sukashi tsuba, one Kyo-sukashi, in the form of a crane with spread wings, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in); one Owari, pierced with flying birds and ginger shoots, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in); one Ko-Shoami carved with a crane over waves, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in); and one in the form of a crane, with gilt details, signed Jakushi, 7.6cm (3in); a large iron tsuba decorated in brass relief inlay with armour and a signpost amid clouds, unsigned, 8.5cm (3 3/8in); another tsuba inlaid with herons among reeds by a stream, signed Hokkokusai Masahide, 7.6cm (3in); two Mito tsuba, one carved and inlaid with Gama rennin, unsigned, 7.3cm (2 7/8in); the other with a kneeling sage, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in); an oval brass tsuba carved and partly pierced with an eagle about to attack a monkey hiding in a cave, signed Hiroyoshi with a kao, 6.7cm (2 5/8in). (9)