Title: Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)
Date: 1789–1876
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Dimensions: Fuchi (a); H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 0.9 oz. (25.5 g); kashira (b); H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Fuchi-Kashira
Credit Line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession Number: 36.120.439a, b
Inscription: Fuchi inscribed: 後藤法橋一乗「花押」 Gotō Hokkyō Ichijō + kaō