Iron, marugata, image of cherry blossoms on floating rafts (hana ikada). Bushū Itō school

Iron, marugata, mokume (wood-grain) pattern on the base, with symmetrical sukashi designs of Tachibana. The mokume iron base is distinctive, and hints at the Myōchin school

This is a typical Kyō-sukashi design. The squarish, spindle shape is said to evoke the image of a long thread, and therefore symbolic of long life, and recalls a Japanese saying “to spin good luck”

This tsuba is most likely Saotome school, even that Myochin is a possibility, but I believe Saotome is correct. This tsuba is very old and probably from Muromachi era

Shigenobu or Shigeie are possible candidates. Both were Aizu-Shōami artists, and they made classical style tsuba. Its made in style of Ko-Katchushi tsuba from the Muromachi era

A classic image of the view of Mt. Fuji from “Miho-no-Matsubara” (The Pine Grove at Miho”) in present-day Shizuoka. The artist has made excellent use of the space on this tsuba

Iron, marugata, Tosho style of design with sukashi image of gunbai (war fan). The military commander’s fan (gunbai) was cherished by the samurai warriors

A beautiful example of an iron tsuba from the Saotome school with a very good patina. This tsuba is in excellent conditions and all lines of the petal remain intact

Namitoshi was a late Edo era metalworker, working in the Bushū style

Iron, six-lobed mokkō-gata tsuba with of inome (heart-shapes) arranged symmetrically inside of six-sided geometric pattern in sukashi on the inside of the tsuba

Iron, slight mokkō-gata shape with inome (heart-shaped) perforations at the indentations with gomoku-zōgan style of brass ornamentation

Iron, maru-gata Yoshirō style tsuba with brass inlay of maple leaves and bamboo, with six roundels of bell flowers in a typical Yoshirō design

Iron, kawarigata tuba, with “water weed” (mogusa) patterns scattered throughout the tsuba in brass inlay

Iron, tatemaru-gata, raised rim and hammer marks, with image of the poet Li Bai admiring a waterfall under pine trees

Iron, mokkō-gata shape, with sukashi image of anchor carved into a background of waves with points of gold inlay representing foam on the waves

Iron, oblong shape, image of boar with reeds, with gold inlay in the reeds

Image of Dharma and perhaps the window frame of a temple in sukashi

Iron tsuba, maru-gata, with images of flowers, and plants, possibly indicating family crests, and arabesques in openwork

Iron, maru-gata, Tōshō tsuba, with image of wagon wheel in openwork

Iron tsuba, roundshaped with openwork representing a bird flying in front of a full moon partially obscured by mist

Ozawa Kazuyuki w/kao. Ex. the Duncan Beresford collection 5440. Theme is rope, waves and anchor.

Very nice Tsuba signed Echizen ju Kinai saku. Edo period

Seiryūken Eiju (成竜軒栄寿) was the art name of Tetsugendo Toryuken, also known as Naofusa (尚房)