In their search for new decorative effects, often done in imitation of other materials, the machibori schools made full use of a wide range of techniques for inlaying, chiseling, and chasing, as well as devising skilful combinations of alloys, and applying cloisonné enamels to sword fittings.
Tsuba with mokume ground 木目地鐔
Gold, silver, copper and shakudô 金銀銅赤銅
Mokkô shape with foliated outline 葵木瓜形
Signed « Osô Sadanao saku » 銘 大壮貞直作
« First forger nishiki of Great Japan » 大日本一錦之鍛
Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀中)
CB-OS-1964-2139Kozuka with mokume ground 木目地小柄
Copper, shakudô and shibuichi 銅赤銅四分一
Bats 蝙蝠図
Unsigned 無銘
Epoque Edo 江戸時代
CB-OS-1964-2134Tsuba with mokume ground 木目地鐔
Copper and shakudô, gold inlay 銅赤銅地金象嵌
Grasses, butterflies, and hare 蝶草図
Unsigned 無銘
Edo period 江戸時代
CB-OS-1964-2129Tsuba 鐔
Shakudô, iroe inlay 赤銅地色絵象嵌
Butterflies and dragonfly 蝶蜻蛉図
Signed « Shôjusai Nobuyoshi » with kaô 銘 松寿斎信義 (花押)
Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀中)
CB-OS-1964-539Tsuba 鐔
Shakudô, gold imitation of lacquer nashiji ground 梨地赤銅
Paradise-flycatchers and cherry 綬帯鳥桜図
Signed « Ômori Teruhide » with kaô 銘 大森英秀 (花押)
Edo period, second half 18th century 江戸中期 (18世紀後半)
CB-OS-1964-1557Tsuba 鐔
Shakudô, gold and copper inlay 赤銅地銅金象嵌
Cranes and rising sun 旭日鶴図
Signed « Ômori Teruhide » with kaô 銘 大森英秀 (花押)
Edo period, second half 18th century 江戸中期 (18世紀後半)
CB-OS-1964-1561Tsuba 鐔
Alternating layers of shakudô, gold and copper 赤銅、銅、金
Spirales imitant la laque gravée guri 屈輪彫
Signed « Takai Gen’emon saku » 銘 高井源右衛門作
Edo period, late 18th century 江戸中期 (18世紀後半)
CB-OS-1931-2154Tsuba 鐔
Copper with shakudô and gold inlay 銅地赤銅金像案
Butterflies and peonies 蝶牡丹図
Signed « Gotô Mitsuaki » with kaô 銘 後藤光晃 (花押)
Edo period, early 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀初)
CB-OS-1964-393
Tsuba 鐔
Silver and cloisonné enamel 銀地七宝象嵌
Snow flakes 雪花図
Signed « Hirata Haruhiro shinsaku » 銘 平田春寛慎製
« by special order of the lord of Daishôji » 應需大聖寺公
Dated spring 1828 1828 年 (文政十一戊子春日)
CB-OS-1964-2085Kozuka 小柄
Shakudô, gold inlay and cloisonné enamel 赤銅地金七宝象嵌
Phaesants and rocks 雉石図
Unsigned 無銘
19th century 江戸末期~明治初期
CB-OS-1964-2090Tsuba 鐔
Shakudô and cloisonné enamel 赤銅地七宝象嵌
Heraldic badges 家紋図
Signed « Akasaka Tadanori » with kaô 銘 赤坂忠則 (花押)
Dated 1845 1845 年 (弘化二乙巳正月日) 維岳
CB-OS-1964-223Tsuba 透彫鐔
Silver with shakudô inlay 銀地赤銅象嵌
Pair of carp 双鯉魚図
Signed « Geishû Takechika saku » with kaô 銘 芸州武親作 (花押)
Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀中)
CB-OS-1964-812Kozuka 小柄
Shibuichi, with gold, silver, and copper inlay 四分一地銅金銀象嵌
Raft on a river 筏師図
Signed « Ginshôtei Tômei » with kaô 銘 吟松亭東明 (花押)
Edo period, mid 19th century 江戸末期
CB-OS-1964-600Kozuka 小柄
Shibuichi, gold and silver inlay 四分一地金銀象嵌
Woman’s ghost 幽霊図
Signed « Iwamoto Nyûdô Konju » with kaô 銘 岩本入道昆壽 (花押)
Edo period, early 19th century 江戸末期 (19世紀初)
CB-OS-1935-1765Tsuba 鐔
Shibuichi and silver with gold inlay 四分一銀地金象嵌
Gourd and rope 瓢紐図
Signed « Old gentleman Shôami at the age of 73 » with kaô 銘 七十三翁正阿彌 (花押)
Meiji era, early 20th century 明治後期
CB-OS-1937-92Tsuba 鐔
Shibuichi, gold inlay 四分一地金象嵌
Butterflies and spring flowers 蝶春花図
Signed « Norimoto » with kaô 銘 則本 (花押)
Edo period, 19th century 江戸末期
CB-OS-1930-454