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      When appraising KOTO, look
1st toThe Five Schools
2nd - as to provincial order along 
                            The 8Roads
Japanese study dictates school order
Note: As its use is seen through all aspects of Japanese art and literature (and all sword books), one needs to become accustomed to the chronologies and phonetic order used in Japan. An alphabetic school listing may be found in the Index of Schools & Provinces directly following THE SCHOOLS. 
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The Schools - Appraisal Tutorial: Placing Province - Technical
KOTO - The Five Schools
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~Histories~
MURAKUMO - The Sword from God
Yorimasa - Innovator of Seppuku
Tokiwa Gozen*
The MINAMOTO
Gotoba & the ICHIMONJI
Godaigo's Dream
Sengoku*
Shingen
Kenshin
Kamikaze - The Divine Wind
Jingo-kogo*
 Tadaoki & Gracia*
*women's stories
 Other subjects


 
Introduction
YAMASHIRO
Early: SANJO
KYO-OMIYA
AYAnoKOJI
AWATAGUCHI
1st Son
2nd Son
3rd Son
4th Son
6th Son KUNITSUNA - ONIMARU
Gotoba & the ICHIMONJI
Gotoba & the Path of Power
Or: Emperor Gotoba & the Ichimonji pdf
RAI - KUNIYUKI - ENJU
RAI NIJI KUNITOSHI
RAI SANJI KUNITOSHI
RYOKAI & KUNITSUGU
  RAI KUNITSUGU
NAKAJIMA & KUNIMITSU
 RAI KUNIMITSU
Later: RYOKAI School
NOBUKUNI
HEIANJO
KURAMA SEKI
HASEBE
DARUMA
KOTO - The Five Schools
YAMATO
Early: AMATSUMAURA SHIN-DAI
NARA School - AMAKUNI
SENJUIN - YUKINOBU School
RYUMONJI
SENJUIN - SHIGEHIRO
TAIMA
SHIKKAKE
Later: SHIZU
TEGAI - KANENAGA 1
    KANENAGA 2
    KANENAGA 3
SUE-TEGAI
HOSHO
KANABO
KOTO - The Five Schools
BIZEN
Early: KO-BIZEN
TOMONARI
MASATSUNE
NOBUFUSA & the SAMPIRA
TAKATSUNA
NAOMUNE - SABURO Roots
KOKUBUNJI
FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI
    NORIMUNE
    SUKEYUKI
    1st SUKEFUSA
    SUKEYOSHI
    2nd SUKEFUSA
    NOBUFUSA
    MUNEYOSHI
    FUKUOKA - GOBAN
    MOTOCHIKA
KATAYAMA ICHIMONJI (See BITCHU / SANYODO)
YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI
SHOCHU ICHIMONJI
HATAKEDA
KO-OSAFUNE Or:Osafunepdf
MITSUTADA
NAGAMITSU
    SANENAGA
    SANEMITSU
KAGEMITSU
    KAGEMITSU School
    Late-KAMAKURA OSAFUNE
Middle: SODEN - KANEMITSU
    KANEMITSU School
    ENBUN KANEMITSU
CHOGI (NAGAYOSHI)
NAGASHIGE
KOZORI
    4 Brothers
    TSUNEHIRO
    IYESUKE
    IYEMORI
    YOSHIMITSU
    HIDEMITSU
    MASAMITSU
SABURO
    WAKE-SHO
    KAWATA-SHO
UGAI
MOTOSHIGE
YOSHII - KAGENORI Group
    NAGANORI Line
OMIYA
NITTA-SHO
OEI MORIMITSU - The Three MITSUs
    YASUMITSU
    SANEMITSU
    MORIKAGE Group
    OEI Community
    TOSHIMITSU
Later: SUE-BIZEN
    KANSHO to BUNMEI
    KATSUMITSU/MUNEMITSUincomplete
    NORIMITSU
    TADAMITSU Group
    SENGOKU incomplete
KOTO - The Five Schools
SAGAMI
Early: KAMAKURA ICHIMONJI
SHINTOGO
MASAMUNE - The Ten Students
SADAMUNE - The Three Students
HIROMITSU  - AKIHIRO
Later: TSUNAHIRO - MASAHIRO
KOTO - The Five Schools
MINO
Early: SHIZU
NAOE SHIZU
SANAMI
TOKUIN
ZENJO
KINJU
Later: SENJUIN
KANETSUNE
KANESADA
KANEMOTO
AKASAKA SENJUIN

KOTO - The Eight Roads
GO KINAI
 
GO KINAI YAMASHIRO
YAMATO
KAWACHI
IZUMI
SETTSU
see The Five Schools
see The Five Schools
    -
KAGASHIRO
NAKAJIMA RAI
SHI-TENNO-JI
TOKAIDO
     TOKAIDO         IGA         MUNECHIKA
                                 KANEZANE
                     ISE         MURAMASA
                                 UNRININ - KANENAGA
                     OWARI       SHIGAZEKI
                                 YAMADA
                     MIKAWA      YAKUOJI - NAKAHARA
                     TOTOMI      TOMOYASU
                                 TAKATENJIN
                     SURUGA      SHIMADA
                     KAI 
                     SAGAMI      see The Five Schools
                     MUSASHI     TAMETSUGU
                                 SHIMOHARA 

TOSANDO
     TOSANDO         OMI         MITSUKANE - CHUDO RAI
                                 OMI TAKAGI 
                                 OMI SHIMOSAKA 
                     SHINANO     ZENKOJI 
                     KOZUKE      NORISHIGE
                     SHIMONOSUKE TOKUJIRA
                     DEWA        GASSAN
                     MUTSU       MOKUSA - Early
                                 MOKUSA - KAMAKURA 
                                 MUTSU GASSAN 
                                 MUTSU HOJU 

HOKURIKUDO
     HOKURIKUDO      WAKASA      FUYUHIRO  - TSUGUHIRO
                                 MUNENAGA  
                     ECHIZEN     ECHIZEN RAI  
                                 KANAZU  
                                 CHIYOZURU - Yamato Groups  
                                 CHIYOZURU - NORIKAGE - KANENORI  
                     KAGA        FUJISHIMA 
                                    SANEKAGE 
                                    IWAKI-MURA - YUKIMITSU School 
                                    HASHIZUME - KAGA AOE 
                                    TAIMA ASAKO-MURA 
                     NOTO 
                     ETCHU       NORISHIGE  
                                 GO YOSHIHIRO - See Shingen  
                                 KO-ETCHU and KO-UDA   
                                 UDA - KUNIFUSA & KUNIMUNE 
                                 UDA - KUNIFUSA 2 
                                 ETCHU FUJISHIMA - ISHIZUKA - SHIBAHARA 
                     ECHIGO      KANRO (MOMOKAWA) 
                                 YAMAMURA 

SANINDO
     SANINDO         TAMBA       YUKISADA - KUNITOSHI 
                     TANGO 
                     TAJIMA      HOJOJI - KUNIMITSU
                     INABA       KOKAJI KAGENAGA
                     HOKI        O-HARA - YASUTSUNA
                                 MUNETAKA & MOTOSHIGE 
                                 HOKI KOGA - HIROYOSHI Group 
                     IZUMO       YOSHII DOEI 
                                 YOSHII CHUTEI 
                     IWAMI       NAOTSUNA 
                                 SADATSUNA School

SANYODO
     SANYODO         HARIMA      IYETOKI
                                 KUNIYOSHI
                                 KANEYOSHI
                     MIMASAKA    SANETSUNE - TOMOTAKA
                                 MUNEMITSU
                     BITCHU      KO-AOE - NORITAKA  
                                 KO-AOE - MORITSUGU 
                                    TSUNETSUGU School 
                                    TSUGUIYE School 
                                    SADATSUGU School 
                                 CHU-AOE 
                                    MORITSUGU Line 
                                    MANJUSHO 
                                    Orphans & Twilight 
                                 SUE-AOE 
                                 KATAYAMA ICHIMONJI 
                                 BITCHU MIZUTA 
                     BINGO       KO-MIHARA & KINASHI 
                                 TOMO 
                                 ICHIJO 
                                 KAI 
                                 SHIMBO 
                                 GOAMI 
                                 SUE-MIHARA 
                     AKI SA      KUNIMITSU - YASUYOSHI 
                                 OYAMA & AKI-NIO 
                     SUWO        KO-NIO
                                 SUE-NIO 
                     NAGATO      NAGATO SA - YASUYOSHI

NANKAIDO
     NANKAIDO        KII         IRUKA - KUNITSUGU 
                     AWAJI 
                     AWA         KAIBU
                     SANUKI      KIYOFUSA - NARIMUNE
                     IYO         KUNIYOSHI
                     TOSA        YOSHIMITSU

SAIKAIDO
     SAIKAIDO        CHIKUZEN    KO-CHIKUZEN 
                                 CHIKUZEN SA 
                                    SA YASUYOSHI 

                                      CHIKUZEN NOBUKUNI
                                 KONGOBYOE 
                     CHIKUGO     MIIKE 
                                 OISHI SA 
                     BUZEN       BUZEN USA & HACHIMAN 
                                 BUZEN NOBUKUNI 
                                 BUZEN RYOKAI 
                     BUNGO       BUNGO HIKOZAN - YUKIHIRA 
                                 BUNGO RYOKAI 
                                 TSUKUSHI RAI 
                                 BUNGO TAKADA 
                                 SUE-TAKADA 
                     HIZEN       HIRADO SA 
                                 OMURA NORISUYE 
                     HIGO        HIGO ENJU 
                                 SUE-ENJU  
                                 HIGO DOTANUKI 
                     HYUGA       FURUYA - Roots to KUNIHIRO
                     OSUMI       HISAYOSHI
                                 SHIGEAKI
                                 UJISADA
                     SATSUMA     KO-NAMINOHIRA 
                                 CHU-NAMINOHIRA 
                                 SUE-NAMINOHIRA

 KOTO Appraisal Recap Chart

Index of Schools & Provinces

The Smiths - LIST OF SWORDSMITHS - 5000 Smiths

      - An Alphabetical Cross-indexing
Appendices Japanese Time Periods NENGO Historical Events
-MURAKUMO - The Sword from God
-Yorimasa - Innovator of Seppuku
-TOKIYORI's ONIMARU
-Gotoba or GOTOBApdf The Emperor Smith - & the ICHIMONJI
-Gen-Ryaku Kyoto - The players in KAMAKURA Japan
-YURAKU KUNIMITSU
-Ii Naomasa's Rai Tachi
-AME-no-MURAKUMO-no-TSURUGI and the Creation Mystery
-KOGARASUMARU
-YAMATO RYUMON - TOKIWA GOZEN The Lady Eternity
-The IKEDA's O-KANEHIRA
-Yet to be SHIMAZU TADAHISA escapes the wrath of MASAKO
-NAGAKUTE and NOBUO's OKADA-GIRI
-NOBUMASA receives the DAIHANNYA NAGAMITSU
-MASASHIGE releases the field at MINATO-GAWA
-AKECHI  MITSUHIDE's CHIKAKAGE  - Also see History
-ICHIJO-ga-DANI and the ASAKURA Also see: Sengoku
-SHINGEN or KAI-no-KUNI GO pdf survives TEMMOKUZANpdf
-Kenshin rises to oppose the TAKEDA
-MASANORI returns HIMEJI for the AKAMATSU
-The MINAMOTO
-KAMIKAZE The Divine Wind
-JINGO-KOGO and HACHIMAN The God of War
-SHINSOKU and the USA HACHIMAN-GU Shrine
- Tadaoki & Gracia
    - DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAN OR POLISH SWORD BLADES -
- NEVER DISTURB OR REMOVE DARK RUSTING ON SWORD TANGS -
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