FIVE KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryAllshibuichi, the first with silver, gold, copper, andshakudo, depicting a Chinese official and scholar seated before a table beneath a tree, signedHamano Terunori with akao (Haynes 09611, circa 1850); the second with gold, depicting Confucius beneath a ten-character quotation from Book 7:38 of theRongo (Chinese:Lun Yu, [The Analects]): 'Warm-hearted yet stern, authoritative yet not fierce, courteous yet relaxed', signedIchiryu Tomoyoshi kinkoku (Respectfully chiselled by Ichiryu Tomoyoshi); the third with gold, depicting a standing figure of Kan'u brandishing a halberd, signedGaiundo Naoyuki with akao (Haynes 06907); the fourth with gold, depicting Tekkai Sennin resting on his staff; the fifth with gold, copper,shakudo, and silver, depicting a laughing figure standing on an overflowing bucket and looking up at the moon; all with wood storage boxes. (10).