Sadanao was a late-Edo era artisan who lived in the Kanda region of Edo. The Bushū school often depicted plants and flowers in this swirling, powerful, yet elegant sukashi style

Iron, kawarigata tsuba with three lobes of tomoe-shaped pairs. Probably a work from the Owari group. Or possibly even the Myōchin group

Iron, tatemarugata, theme of Yatsuhashi bridge with irises. The theme itself is an old design, recalling Heian times in Japan, and it has been interpreted in many ways on tsuba

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, maru-gata, image of stylized paulownia leaves in sukashi, inlaid with gold highlights done in nunome-zogan. The design is based on a classic “nage kiri” paulownia leaf design

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

Iron, marugata, Owari, or possibly Shōami tsuba with sukashi depicting a spool motif with inner mokkō design

Copper and gold nunome-zogan is used to highlight the samurai’s face and armor. Tsuba is in excellent condition and the deep chocolate brown patina/color is very, very nice

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

A metalsmith of the Ōmori school, Terumasa worked in Edo towards the end of the Edo era (mid-19th century)

A somewhat abstract design of crickets and autumn grasses with fine metalwork, done by what appears to be an early Edo master of the Akasaka school

Iron, round-shaped, with image of family crest motifs in sukashi. Most certainly Hayashi school

Iron, round-shaped tsuba with image of pine trees through mist, done in Akasaka-style sukashi

Bushū Itō sukashi style. A detailed depiction of a conch-shell (horagai) used for signaling on the battlefield

Iron, round with gold inlay. Openwork in fishing net pattern

Iron, round shape, with gold and brass inlay

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

Kishu ju Sadanaga w/certificate

Seiryūken style Dragon Tsuba. Seiryūken is zokumei/personal name. Sentoku / metal, Seriuken style, Japan, Meiji era, c. 1880.

Sukashi Tsuba with theme of leaning/walking stick, gourd, teaser, gourd and clouds. All symbols of making it to old age and a good retirement

Kyo-Shoami Mitsudomoe Tsuba. Tomoe symbol is an ancient heraldic symbol og Japan shaped Magatama. In Japanese mythology Tomoe represents the weapons of Daimyojin Hachiman. Some clans of Samurai such as Taira have also used this symbol