
Left: Higo-style kashira made of buffalo horn.
Right: Fuchi with gold zogan cherry blossoms
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Tsuba for wakizashi, probably Aizu-shoami school. Scene of travellers
with Mt. Fuji in the background.
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Tsuba for katana, Edo period, double sakura sukashi.
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Tsuba for katana, Edo period, sakura sukashi.
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Menuki, writing boxes for inkstones and brushes. |

Postcard. Samurai on horseback.
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Postcard. Seated samurai with yumi (bow).
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Postcard. Samurai with yari
(spear).
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Postcard, yoroi.
Unohanaodoshi o yoroi. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's White Threaded Armour
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Postcard. Yoroi, Tokugawa period, 1603-1868 from the collection of
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art Kansas City Missouri
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Postcard, yoroi. |

Postcard. Kendo bout, possibly a military kendo exhibition match. |

Postcard. Two kenshi sparring, possibly depicting early form of kendo
or a sparring session within one of the koryu that utilised equipment
that later became what we today consider typical kendo equipment. |
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