SET OF SIX KOZUKA mounted as knives, in shakudo-nanako with relief decoration and gilded highlights, depicting dragons, cranes, figures in boats and galloping horses. (Slightly stripped of patina; oxidation on the iron blades; minor dents). Japan, Meiji period, c. 1900. A SET OF SIX KNIVES MOUNTED ON KOZUKA, JAPAN, CA. 1900. LENGTH (TOTAL) 20 CM (7 7/8 IN.) – LENGTH (KOZUKA) 9 CM (3 9/16 IN.)