Beschreibung:

A group of nine shakudo kozuka Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Comprising five shakudo nanakoji examples, with a cricket and autumn grasses in gold takazogan, signed Kikuoka Takayuki and with a kao; a pair of geese in flight below a crescent moon in ior-e takazogan, inscribed Yanagawa Naomasa and with a kao; lotus flowers and leaves in iro-e takazogan; a heron perched on a mooring above crashing waves in iro-e takazogan, inscribed Mitsuyasu and with a kao; nandina berries and young bamboo in gold and shakudo takazogan; and four shakudo migakiji examples, with cranes in flight over crashing waves in silver takazogan and shishiaibori, the reverse with a poetic inscription; a fierce tiger in shishiaibori, the details in gold and copper hirazogan, inscribed Sekibun; two geese in flight and autumn grasses in iro-e takazogan, inscribed Ichinomiya Nagatsune; a badger looking up at the moon in iro-e takazogan and shishiaibori, inscribed Hamano Haruyoshi 3 3/4in (9.5cm) long