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BIZEN
BIZEN CHOGI School - NAGASHIGE
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CHOGI(1) NAGASHIGE(1) TEI-WA 1345
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NAGAYOSHI TEI-JI 1362 NAGASHIGE(2) YASUHIDE TEI-JI 1362
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___|____ ___|____ ___|____ YASUNARI EI-WA 1375
KORESUKE YASUNARI YASUNOBU ___|____
TEI-JI 1362 O-EI 1394 EI-KYO 1429 YASUNAGA O-EI 1394
NAGASHIGE TEI-WA (f: MITSUNAGA, br: CHOGI): From KEM-MU 1334.
Also signed NAOFUSA. Made TACHI and TANTO said to
resemble SANENAGA which in turn creates a theory that
SANENAGA was the grandfather. His style is also said
similar to FUKUOKA SABEI-JO NAGANORI, another possible
relative advanced. Once thought another signature of
CHOGI, NAGASHIGE's wholly BIZEN style has proved him the
brother. His NIE is considered absorbed from CHOGI rather
than as a product of study with MASAMUNE. Also study of
NAGASHIGE's steel proves his work BIZENTO. His SOSHU-
style TANTO are considered his specialty and arise from
the SOSHU popularity and his association with his
brother. Date theories have been confidently resolved
with study of extant TACHI, placing KEM-MU.
-TACHI: BIZEN style narrow TACHI. Expect HOSO-width KO-GUNOME to
GUNOME-CHOJI KO-MIDARE with ASHI-IRI.
-TANTO: SOSHU style wide HIRA-TSUKURI, MITSU-MUNE, thin KASANE.
MOKUME with CHIKEI where the HADA runs. JI-NIE. ARA-NIE
in clear NIOI KO-GUNOME of KO-ASHI appears on an ASAKI
KO-NOTARE undulation. KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU NAGASHIGE
BISHU OSAFUNE JU NAGASHIGE SAKU
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU NAGASHIGE SAKU
NAGAYOSHI TEI-JI (t: CHOGI, f: NAGASHIGE): YOSHI form: KICHI.
ITAME HADA. GUNOME HA swings in a NOTARE roll. Also
said to have signed KOREYOSHI although the dates are
questionable.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NAGAYOSHI
BISHU OSAFUNE JU NAGAYOSHI
KORESUKE TEI-JI (t: KOREYOSHI): TANTOTA. GUNOME-CHOJI BA with
ASHI-IRI.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE KORESUKE
BISHU OSAFUNE JU KORESUKE
YASUHIDE TEI-JI (f: NAGASHIGE): From TEI-JI to EI-WA 1375.
YASUNARI EI-WA (f: YASUHIDE): Another YASUNARI claimed as son of
NAGAYOSHI (YOSHI: KICHI).
YASUNAGA O-EI (t: YASUTAKA, f: YASUNARI): Also signed in KAN-SHO.
BIZEN CHOGI School - NAGASHIGE
KOKUHO NAGASHIGE TANTO National Treasure
NAGASA: 8.6 SUN MOTO-HABA: 8 BU
SORI: UCHIZORI MOTO-KASANE: 2 BU
NAKAGO: 3.7 SUN
Acquired and kept by the HONAMI.
HIRA-TSUKURI, MITSU-MUNE, wide TANTO. MOKUME HADA has
JI-NIE. JI-BA and NIE of exquisite beauty enhance this
unmistakable SOSHU style YAKIBA. Elongated and grouped
GUNOME poke up through a NIOI emersed floor where KINSUJI
and SUNAGASHI paint misty striations. - Round GUNOME sit
with venerable peaks on a quiet prairieland. MIDARE
URA-BOSHI finds TOGARI head; while a deep OMOTE BOSHI
runs NIOI and SUNAGASHI together and straddles over to a
long KAERI running down the MUNE. KURI-JIRI, UBU-NAKAGO
has one, multi-bored MEKUGI-ANA and is signed on the
OMOTE: BISHU OSAFUNE JU NAGASHIGE
