When appraising KOTO, look
₁^st toThe Five Schools
₂^nd - as to provincial order along
^The 8Roads
J^{apanese 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

Glossary

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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
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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

-Using the List

-The Japanese Value System

- An Alphabetical Cross-indexing

Appendices

- TITLES

OF JAPANESE SWORDSMITHS

- PERSONAL TITLES

- GLOSSARY

OF JAPANESE TERMS

- SOVEREIGNS

& REIGNS

Japanese Time Periods NENGO

- KATTEUCHI

- NENGO Chronology

- NENGO Alphabetically

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

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