Kozuka or little handle of copper, with a partly ishime ground, and an applied horse in shakudo with cherry petals in silver: Japan, by Yanagawa Naotaka

Kozuka or small knife handle of shibuichi with gold, with a view of Lake Biwa with the Ukimido pavilion at Katata, wild geese flying in to land, boats returning to Yabase, the old pine tree of Karasaki, Mounts Hira and Ishiyama, and Mii-dera temple: Japan

Kozuka or handle of copper, with incised swastikas in squares, squares with nanako ground and a diamond quatrefoil, the crest of the Koriyama clan of Yamato province: Japan, probably Nara School

Kozuka of shibuichi, with a view on Lake Biwa, probably Bright Sky with a Breeze at Awazu, inlaid with gold: Japan

Kozuka of iron, with a rat in silver nibbling at dried persimmon fruits on a gold string: Japan

Long companion sword (wakizashi) mounted in the Goto style with han-tachi (half-tachi) mounts of shakudo decorated with flowers in gold, kozuka similarly decorated, and sheath of lacquered wood: Japan, Edo, blade by Yasutsugu, mounts by Mitsunaka, early 17th century

Short sword, or aikuchi, with a single-edged blade engraved and signed, scabbard of shitan wood decorated in gold lacquer with plants and insects, with shibuichi mounts including lotus and frogs on the hilt, and a utility knife (kozuka): Japan, blade by Kanesada

Wakizashi or companion sword, with a single-edged steel blade, a ray skin grip wrapped with silk cord, a red lacquer scabbard, and a kozuka ornamented with a whale in waves: Japan, signed by Yamashiro no Kami Kunishige, 1727

Tanto or dagger, with a curved single-edged steel blade, a wooden hilt wrapped in silk cord, a mirror-black lacquer sheath, shibuichi mounts, a kozuka, and two kogai of shakudo and copper: Japan, blade signed by Kunihiro, mounts signed by Issho