18th to 19th centuryThe first of oval form, with kanji in relief, inscribed Muroga Genjuro Minamoto Masataka kore o konomu, signed Bifu no ju Norisuke saku, 7cm (2?in); the second of large size, inlaid on the hammered ground with flying geese and crabs in copper takazogan, unsigned, 8.9cm (3?in); the third and fourth of Mito type, each of mokko form, one inlaid in brass takazogan with a stalking tiger, the other with the precincts of a Shinto shrine in shakudo and gilt metal, unsigned, each 8.5cm (3 3/8in); and a small oval tsuba carved with kiku petals, unsigned, 6.4cm (2?in). (5).