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FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI NOBUFUSA School
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NOBUSANE GEN-RYAKU 1184
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NOBUFUSA SHO-GEN 1207
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NOBUFUSA SHO-GEN 1207 MUNEYORI KEN-NIN 1201
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| TAMEKIYO SHO-KYU 1219
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| NAGASUYE TOKU-JI 1306
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NOBUKANE NAGASUKE NOBUMASA SHO-KYU 1219
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| NOBUMASA NOBUYASU
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NOBUKANE YUKIKANE SUKETAKA NIN-JI 1240 SUKETOMO
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NORISUKE KO-AN 1278
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CHIKANOBU KEN-CHO 1249 NORITSUNA KA-GEN 1303
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NORITERU GEN-O 1319 YOSHITSUNA SHO-WA 1312 See KOZORI
NOBUFUSA SHO-GEN (f: NOBUSANE): Twenty-four GOBAN - 9th month.
NOBU form: SHIN "Trust." Early work resembles KO-BIZEN
NOBUFUSA but SUGATA will be early KAMAKURA. KO-MIDARE of
KO-CHOJI where NIE JI-BA is stronger than KO-BIZEN.
Two-character MEI: Early KAMAKURA
Three-character MEI: KO-BIZEN HEIAN
Also attributed YAKIBA: NIE-FUKASHI JUKA CHOJI-MIDARE.
NOBUFUSA SHO-GEN (NOBUFUSA): SHO-GEN GOBAN - 3rd month. SAKON
SHOGEN. FUKUOKA JU. NOBU form: I "Extend." Some say
father was NOBUFUSA others, NOBUSANE - the MASATSUNE line
smith (See MASATSUNE School). ITAME HADA. KO-NIE
KO-MIDARE KO-CHOJI MIDARE BA has KINSUJI. SUGU BOSHI.
Large MEI that slants upward to the right.
NAGASUKE SHO-GEN: Twenty-four GOBAN - 2nd month. SAKON SHOGEN.
FUKUOKA JU. KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI BA in NIE.
NOBUMASA SHO-KYU (f: NOBUFUSA): OKI GOBAN - 9th and 10th months.
GONSABURO. NAGAHARA GON-no-KAMI. ITAME HADA. KO-NIE
SUGUHA with ASHI or KO-MIDARE BA of KO-CHOJI where
KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI pull and run. MIDARE BOSHI. Two-
character MEI at the MUNE, appears like a ladder - a
string of rungs nailed to a tree.
MEI: NOBUMASA
NOBUMASA SAKU
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ICHIMONJI NOBUFUSA School
NOBUMASA KEN-CHO: JUKA-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
MEI: NOBUMASA
NOBUYASU KEN-CHO (t: NOBUMASA): KO-NIE KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI BA.
NOBUYASU may have included a SAKU in his MEI although
there is popular writing that seems to paint three
character MEI to KO-BIZEN. Examine specimens for time.
NOBUYASU in BUN-EI and another seen in NAGAMITSU's
OSAFUNE, pupil of NOBUNAO, around SHO-WA 1312.
MUNEYORI KEN-NIN (t: NOBUFUSA): KO-ICHIMONJI. KO-KISSAKI, FUNBARI
TACHI SUGATA. ITAME HADA with JI-NIE and standing MIDARE-
UTSURI. KO-NIE KO-MIDARE BA has ASHI and YO which brings
a CHOJI-MIDARE to the pattern. MIDARE BOSHI.
TAMEKIYO SHO-KYU (f: MUNEYORI): Swords made in the transition of
early KAMAKURA to mid. MOKUME HADA. Early work: Much
KO-NIE in the general area of the HABUCHI where his
KO-MIDARE BA is seen. Later work competes with the time:
Standing UTSURI contrasts NIOI KO-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
Perhaps large KOSHIBA. Early period MEI is small, late
work, large. Appears very cursive. Note that there was a
KO-BIZEN TAMEKIYO and TAMEKIYO in OSAFUNE at BUN-PO.
TAMEKIYO
NAGASUYE TOKU-JI (f: TAMEKIYO): OSAFUNE JU.
BISHU OSAFUNE JU NAGASUYE
NOBUKANE SHO-KYU (f: NOBUFUSA): SAKON SHOGEN. KO-NIE KO-MIDARE of
KO-CHOJI BA.
NORISUKE BUN-EI (t: NOBUKANE, f: SUKETAKA): KO-MIDARE and CHOJI-
MIDARE BA.
NORISUKE
BIZENnoKUNI FUKUOKA JU NORISUKE
SUKETAKA NIN-JI (f: NOBUKANE):
YUKIKANE KEN-CHO (f: NOBUKANE): FUKUOKA JU. Worked from the
transition into the mid KAMAKURA. ITAME has standing
MIDARE-UTSURI. KO-CHOJI MIDARE BA becomes OBUSA CHOJI of
great expression.
SUKETOMO KAN-GEN (f: NOBUKANE): ITAME HADA with MASAME. SUGUHA
and CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
NORITERU GEN-O: CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
MEI: NORITERU
BIZEN-no-KUNI NORITERU
CHIKANOBU KEN-CHO: NIOI-DEKI CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
