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BIZEN
FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI NORIMUNE School
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NORIMUNE ICHIMONJI Founder SHO-GEN 1207
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SUKEMUNE SHO-GEN 1207 SUKEYUKI |
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SUKEMUNE(2) MORIMUNE SUKENORI TEI-O 1222 |
KEN-CHO 1249 JO-EI 1232 | |
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IYEYOSHI UMANOSUKE SUKEKANE(1) SUKEYOSHI |
| TEM-PUKU 1233 | JO-EI 1232 See School |
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YOSHIMITSU SHIGENORI SUKEKANE(2) SANETADA MASATSUGU |
KEN-CHO 1249 YOSHIOKA - KO-AN 1278 - KO-AN 1278 |
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NARIMUNE TOMONORI NAOMUNE(2) YASUNORI SHO-JI 1199
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| SUYENORI TEI-O 1222
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SUKEFUSA(1) NARIMUNE(2) SUKESHIGE HISAMUNE RYAKU-NIN
KEN-PO 1213 KEN-CHO 1249 TEM-PUKU 1233 ___|_____ 1238
See School ________ SHIGEHISA
following NORINARI KEN-JI 1275 BUN-EI 1264
NORIMUNE SHO-GEN (f: SADANORI): SHO-GEN GOBAN - 1st month. BIZEN
TAYU. Founded the ICHIMONJI with Emperor GOTOBA. SAKON
SHOGEN. Born: 1152, Died: 1214. Narrow bladed, KOSHIZORI
with deep FUNBARI to KO-KISSAKI TACHI where the upper
gently straightens.
KO-MOKUME with CHIKEI has JI-NIE and standing UTSURI.
Clear KO-NIE KO-MIDARE KO-CHOJI BA of ASHI and YO has
KINSUJI in SUNAGASHI. KIJI-MATA "Thigh of a Pheasant"
NAKAGO. Two-character MEI. GOBAN secret MEI: KIKU-MON.
NORIMUNE follows in OSAFUNE through the SUE-BIZEN.
KOKUHO NORIMUNE
KOKUHO NORIMUNE National Treasure
NAGASA: 2 SHAKU 5.9 SUN MOTO-HABA: 8.8 BU
SORI: 9 BU SAKI-HABA: 5.2 BU
NAKAGO: 6 SUN
SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, KOSHIZORI TACHI where the
upper subtly straightens along the famous serenity of
its long, smooth FUNBARI. An oblique YOKOTE directs
the attitude of its small KO-KISSAKI. MIDARE-UTSURI
and JI-NIE veil KO-ITAME HADA. The sparkling frost of
its KO-NIE and NIOI-FUKASHI KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI has
enthralled for 800 years. A perfect ellipse arcs the
head of its HOSO-SUGU BOSHI, while vibrant figures
stand and lean through the foggy mist that walks the
crowded and slightly undulating line into the lower.
A thinnish, gently KIJI-MOMO NAKAGO is signed above
the ANA:
NORIMUNE
FUKUOKA NORIMUNE School
YASUNORI SHO-JI (f: NORIMUNE): To KEN-PO 1213.
SUYENORI TEI-O (t: NORIMUNE, f: YASUNORI): Work to KA-TEI 1235.
FUKUOKA JU. Became student of MITSUTADA. See OSAFUNE.
ITAME HADA. CHOJI BA.
SUKEMUNE SHO-GEN (f: NORIMUNE): SHO-GEN GOBAN - 9th month. SAKON
SHOGEN. SHURINOSUKE. Considered DAI-ICHIMONJI. FUKUOKA.
Thin, early KAMAKURA KO-KISSAKI, KOSHIZORI TACHI with
strong FUNBARI. Upper gently straightens. Thinly veiled
JI-NIE covers KO-ITAME HADA with standing MIDARE-UTSURI.
KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI run in KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI BA
with ASHI in NIE. Small KAISHO (print-style) MEI. Later
MEI had "I" form of TSUGU "Thread in two pieces."
SUKEMUNE KEN-CHO (f: SUKEMUNE): Mid-KAMAKURA, wide TACHI SUGATA.
ICHIMONJI "Showy" CHOJI-MIDARE BA. The KEN-CHO smiths
competed for extremes in developing the ICHIMONJI ideal.
MORIMUNE JO-EI (f: SUKEMUNE): FUKUOKA JU. ITAME HADA. KO-CHOJI
MIDARE BA.
SUKENORI TEI-O (f: SUKEMUNE): OKI GOBAN - 11th & 12th month. Work
seen in AN-TEI 1227. SAKON SHOGEN. His infant name,
SHINTARO was changed to SHURINOSUKE. A SHO-ICHIMONJI
smith under SUKEMUNE, he made the early style narrow,
KO-KISSAKI, KOSHIZORI TACHI SUGATA where the upper gently
straightens. KO-ITAME is veiled in JI-NIE. KO-NIE and
NIOI KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI BA is exemplified with
occasional YO. SAKA-MIDARE BA and clustered CHOJI-MIDARE
BA. His will be signed two-character MEI or with an ICHI
above. Also a six-character large.
MEI: SUKENORI
ICHI SUKENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI SUKENORI TSUKURU
SUKEKANE(1) JO-EI (f: SUKENORI): UMANOSUKE. Work to KEN-CHO 1249.
Made mid-KAMAKURA IKUBI KISSAKI SUGATA. ITAME HADA is
struck with MIDARE-UTSURI. Mid-KAMAKURA extravagant NIOI
OBUSA CHOJI MIDARE BA. His large, thin stroked MEI is
purposely squared and angular.
SUKEKANE(2) KO-AN (f: UMANOSUKE SUKEKANE): His SUGATA goes from
the mid-KAMAKURA IKUBI KISSAKI, wide TACHI to the
elongated CHU-KISSAKI of the later KAMAKURA. As we head
for late KAMAKURA, GUNOME invades CHOJI patterns as the
new trend sweeping all provinces. The ICHIMONJI KAWAZU
CHOJI is replaced with GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE. The attempt
to make odd sized figures fit uniformly on the line or an
evenness to the height.
FUKUOKA NORIMUNE School
SANETADA KO-AN (t: SUKEKANE, f: KANENAGA): KO-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
NARIMUNE SHO-GEN (f: NORIMUNE, br: SUKEMUNE): Resided in the
capital at KYO ROKUHARA making swords. Work period runs
to SHO-KYU the date and title of GOTOBA's SHOKYU-RAN War.
This was at the time when his father was engaged with
Emperor GOTOBA creating the new ICHIMONJI sword, the
Imperial Excalibur for dreams of success against the
HOJO, who established their governship at ROKUHARA
following the Emperor's defeat in 1221. Brother,
SUKEMUNEs' son takes the same name as uncle, NARIMUNE's
noted Kyoto signature, MORIMUNE. MORI and NARI, however,
appear in steel, much the same.
Narrow TACHI SUGATA. KO-NIE KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI BA
defined of different sized ASHI. 2nd in KEN-CHO 1249.
NAOMUNE
MORIMUNE - KYOTO
SUKESHIGE TEM-PUKU (f: NARIMUNE): SHIGE form: MO "Richly growing"
grasses. He is considered KO-ICHIMONJI and made the
transition from early-KAMAKURA style, narrow upper with
small KO-KISSAKI falling through a deeply curved
KOSHIZORI, FUNBARI TACHI to the mid-KAMAKURA broadening
to the upper. His KO-ITAME HADA has JI-NIE.
Note: Early ICHIMONJI are still in the KO-BIZEN style
where KO-NIE is expected. KO-ICHIMONJI are transition
smiths, however.
Where the earlier, KO-ICHIMONJI will show the active
low to high HAMON flucuation with KO-NIE, later we
see the YAKIBA expand toward the SHINOGI - leaving all
restraint.
Early ICHIMONJI: HEIAN-style SUGATA, KO-NIE and
flucuating or undulating HAMON figures.
Full development finds the middle ICHIMONJI with
mid-KAMAKURA SUGATA, NIOI HAMON and the JI filled with
extravegant theme-figures.
Earlier SUKESHIGE will show KO-NIE with deep NIOI on a
fluctuating and ASHI defined KO-CHOJI BA with TOGARI. The
line gently undulates along the HA. SUGATA changes
through the transition to KEN-CHO where we find the broad
upper and ICHIMONJI OBUSA CHOJI patterns. KIJI-MOMO
NAKAGO shows a 16 petal KIKU-MON with his two-character
MEI.
(KIKU-MON) SUKESHIGE
SUKEFUSA(1) KEN-PO (f: NARIMUNE): See SUKEFUSA School following
HISAMUNE KEN-NIN (f: NARIMUNE): Standing KO-ITAME HADA. KO-NIE
and NIOI-DEKI KO-MIDARE BA to CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
SHIGEHISA BUN-EI (f: HISAMUNE): Stuck to a KO-BIZEN style with an
early KAMAKURA feel. KO-KISSAKI, strong FUNBARI TACHI.
ITAME HADA has standing MIDARE-UTSURI. KO-MIDARE BA with
ASHI and evenly strung CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
NORINARI KEN-JI: Also in YOSHIOKA. ASAKI-NOTARE BA with ASHI and
YO.
YOSHIFUSA(2) HO-JI (f: NORIMUNE): KO-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
YOSHIFUSA(3) BUN-EI (f: YOSHIFUSA): Work to KO-AN 1278. FUKUOKA.
