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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 3727580, member: 14873&quot;]Examples of the magnificent metalwork (all done by hand) produced by the Japanese artistic craftsmen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following metal fittings were disassembled as a set from an Edo period Wakizashi.</p><p><br /></p><p>tsuba</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://jp29.org/0nihonto35.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://jp29.org/0nihonto34.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Made of iron and engraved with depictions of Wisteria (sagari fuji).</p><p><br /></p><p>fuchi</p><p>(upper pommel)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://jp29.org/0nihonto33x.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>kashira</p><p>(lower pommel)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://jp29.org/0nihonto32x.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Made of partially refined copper (suaka) that has attained a lovely chocolate patina with depictions of mythical lion-dog temple/shrine guards (shishi).</p><p><br /></p><p>menuki</p><p>(hilt ornaments)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://jp29.org/0nihonto31.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Made of copper with gilded foliage and are depictions of Daikon radishes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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