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FIVE TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th to 19th century The first circular, iron, gold, and copper, pierced, chiselled, and inlaid with a mounted samurai by a river, signed Choshu Suigotei Inoue Masataka saku ; the second mokkogata , katchushi style, pierced and chiselled with gourds and tendrils; the...