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BIZEN
FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI - MOTOCHIKA
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CHIKAFUSA SHO-KYU 1219
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MOTOCHIKA SHO-GEN 1259 Became priest in KA-GEN 1303
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MOTOCHIKA(2) SHO-O 1288 MOTOMUNE CHIKAFUSA KO-AN 1278
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MOTOTSUGU BUN-PO 1317 YOSHIKAGE SHO-O 1288
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MOTOKANE MOTOMUNE
- BUN-PO 1317 -
CHIKAFUSA SHO-GEN: Twenty-four GOBAN - 4th month. SAKON SHOGEN.
OSAFUNE JU. KO-ITAME. SUGUHA with ASHI and KO-MIDARE of
KO-CHOJI BA in KO-NIE. KO-AN CHIKAFUSA follows with the
very dynamic ICHIMONJI YAKIBA patterns.
MOTOCHIKA SHO-GEN (f: CHIKAFUSA): Mid KAMAKURA style wide IKUBI-
KISSAKI TACHI. Early work is a reserved KO-MIDARE of
KO-CHOJI BA where NIJUBA runs and YUBASHIRI rides in the
steel. Later: Large pattern NIOI OBUSA CHOJI in a mix of
OSAFUNE undulation with HATAKEDA full that shows KAWAZU.
MIDARE-BOSHI with slight turnback. Large, open three-
character MEI: MOTOCHIKA TSUKURU. Became EMA NYUDO in
KA-GEN 1303. Note: KO-BIZEN MEI are in thick strokes,
ICHIMONJI MOTOCHIKA are thin - of course, the YAKIBA will
be starkly different.
BUNKAZAI MOTOCHIKA
BUNKAZAI MOTOCHIKA
NAGASA: 2.3 SHAKU MOTO-HABA: 9.2 BU
SORI: 7 BU SAKI-HABA: 6.6 BU
NAKAGO: 6.2 SUN
SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, FUNBARI TACHI. Width carries
the upper to support a round CHU-KISSAKI. MIDARE-UTSURI
drapes ITAME HADA. This sword possesses one of the most
powerful ICHIMONJI YAKIBA in existence. MONOUCHI is
reminiscent of BITCHU's NIOI inner-pattern where a high
wall is shattered by strafe and fracture. Soon SUNAGASHI
carves dimension for OBUSA and KAWAZU while ASHI cuts
gaps and ravines to the HA. Pointed CHOJI and leaning
slabs are displaced in the mid with the easy dominance of
looping and malleable O-KAWAZU that balloon across the
SHINOGI like distended growths. Hiding JUKA sneak
glimpses while TAMA and YO trade bows. The lower tucks
heads and raises feet as dynamics concentrate in the JI.
MIDARE-KOMI BOSHI of TOBI and HAKIKAKE finds CHU-MARU
thricely drawn. URA KAERI ripples down the back to hide
and seek MUNE-YAKI islands reappearing to the mid.
SURIAGE NAKAGO has three MEKUGI-ANA and his large, thin
stroked MEI in the lower: MOTOCHIKA TSUKURU
FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI - MOTOCHIKA
MOTOCHIKA(2) SHO-O: Work to KA-REKI 1326. MOKUME HADA. Fairly
evenly set SUGU CHOJI BA and KO-GUNOME with ASHI-IRI.
Another MOTOCHIKA follows in SHI-TOKU 1384.
MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE MOTOCHIKA
BISHU OSAFUNE JU MOTOCHIKA SAKU
MOTOTSUGU BUN-PO (t: MOTOCHIKA): CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
CHIKAFUSA KO-AN: Born: SHO-GEN 2, 1209, Died: KO-AN 6, 1283. Made
ICHIMONJI style O-CHOJI BA. MEI: CHIKAFUSA SAKU
YOSHIKAGE SHO-O (f: CHIKAFUSA): Large MEI. Another YOSHIKAGE in
OSAFUNE, son of CHIKATADA.
