Five kozuka
18th/19th century
Four of shibuichi, the first inlaid in shakudo and gilt with a dragon appearing from a cloud, two bonji characters engraved on the reverse; the second engraved with Hotei peering through a telescope supported by a young boy, signed Sekijoken Taizan Motozane with kao; the third carved and inlaid with Mount Fuji seen beyond a lake, signed Seishodo Tomoyasu with kao; the fourth engraved with a lake scene, signed Tobari Tomihisa with kao; and an iron kozuka, carved and inlaid with Kinko on his carp, signed Joi with seal. (5).
FOOTNOTES
小柄　五点　（龍、布袋、富士、湖畔、琴高仙人）　18/19世紀

There were several generations of artists who signed Sekijoken Taizan Motozane, see Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists, Ellwangen, Germany, Nihon Art Publishers, 2001, nos.H06004-7; for Tobari Tomihisa, who died in 1825, see no.H09806.