Fuchi (sword ring) and Kashira (pommel cap), both of shakudo, with design of bamboo and tiger, with gilt marks: Japan, Mito, made by Sekijoken Taizan Motozane I or II

Fuchi (sword ring) and kashira (pommel cap), both of shakudo with ishime ground, fuchi with pine tree inlaid with gold and copper, kashira depicting Empress Jingu Kogo inlaid with gold: Japan, Hamano School

Fuchi (sword ring) and kashira (pommel cap), both of copper with ishime ground, fuchi with flying bats and a silver crescent moon, kashira with bat in flight: Japan, probably Nara School

Fuchi (sword ring) and kashira (pommel cap), both of shakudo, fuchi with two friends of Shiba Onko (Ch: Sima Wenguan), kashira with Shiba Onko saving his friend from drowning in a goldfish jar, both with copper, gold and silver inlay: Japan, Hamano School

Fuchi (sword ring) and Kashira (pommel cap), both of shibuichi, fuchi with a dragon head, kashira with Seishin-o-Fujin holding a lute on a dragon, both inlaid with gold: Japan, Omori School, made by Chikuzanken Motoshige

Fuchi (sword ring) and Kashira (pommel cap), both of shakudo, fuchi with a sword and fan, kashira with Ushiwaka-maru (young Minamoto no Yoshitsune) learning from Sojobo (king of the tengu), both with silver and gold inlay: Japan, Hamano School, made by Shozui

Fuchi (sword ring) and kashira (pommel cap), both of shibuichi, fuchi with a pine tree and a rivulet, kashira with Han Shan (J: Kanzan) and Shi De (J: Jittoku), both with touches of gold: Japan, made by Yoshinori

Fuchi (sword ring) and Kashira (pommel cap), both of shakudo with nanako ground, fuchi with three men towing a boat, kashira with one man towing a boat, both with copper gold and silver inlay: Japan

Fuchi (sword ring) and kashira (pommel cap), both of copper, fuchi with a mouse and a fan, kashira with a hanging scroll and a mouse, both in shibuichi and gold: Japan, Nara School, probably made by Yasuchika

Fuchi (sword ring) and kashira (pommel cap), both of shibuichi, fuchi with clouds and lightning over a sea in silver and gold, kashira with Raijin the thunder god and his drums in shakudo and gold: Japan, Hamano School

Fuchi (sword ring) and Kashira (pommelcap), both of shibuichi, with crested waves and gold spray-dots, part of a set with a tsuba: Japan, signed by Omori Teruhide, 1729 - 1798

Fuchi (sword ring) and Kashira (pommel cap), both of copper, with paulownia (tree) crest against waves: Japan, 19th century