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The Eight DO
GO KINAI - The Eight Roads of KOTO
SETTSU NAKAJIMA RAI School 

       KUNINAGA brought the RAI School tradition of fine MOKUME,
       in SETTSU, MOKUME with MASAME is seen. There is JI-NIE. 
       O-MIDARE, CHOJI-like GUNOME-MIDARE in KO-NIE with KINSUJI
       and SUNAGASHI. Grain is larger with 2nd generation.

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YAMASHIRO RAI KUNITOSHI School
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RAI KUNISUYE(SAGAMI JU)GEN-O1319 
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_____|__                   ___________|____              
KUNINAGA(1) GEN-TOKU 1329  AWAJIBO KUNIYASU GEN-TOKU 1329
     |________________________
_____|__                  ____|____               __________      
KUNINAGA(2) EN-BUN 1356   YOSHIKUNI O-AN 1368     SHIGETSUGU 
     |____________ ________ ________              EI-WA 1375
_____|__       ___|___ ____|____ ___|____
KUNINAGA(3)    TOMOUJI YOSHIFUSA MUNENAGA     ________           
 EI-KYO 1429         - O-EI 1394 -            KUNIYASU KO-JI 1555
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YOSHIKUNI EI-KYO 1429

KUNIYASU GEN-TOKU: His father is listed as KUNISUYE, but possibly
        a son or son-in-law of RAI KUNITOSHI. He transferred to 
        AWAJI-SHO from whence AWAJI RAI. There are ZAI-MEI 
        NAKAJIMA RAI KUNIYASU. He made a 3.5 SHAKU O-DACHI for 
        the HACHIMAN Shrine. ITAME with MASAME has SUGUHA.

KUNINAGA(1) GEN-TOKU (f: KUNISUYE, t: KUNITOSHI): Transferred to
        SETTSU. Late KAMAKURA-style elongated KO-KISSAKI TACHI.
        Standing KO-ITAME of dense JI-NIE. HIRO-SUGU KUICHIGAI 
        with YO and GUNOME-CHOJI BA. YAKIBA width increases in 
        the MONOUCHI.  BOSHI is ICHIMAE which may be KUZURE or
        CHU-MARU KAERI. See YAMASHIRO RAI.

KUNINAGA(2) EN-BUN: NAKAJIMA JU. Wide HIRA-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE
        KO-WAKIZASHI. Running HADA with dappled JI-NIE. KO-NOTARE
        or CHU-NOTARE GUNOME HA in KO-NIE. SUNAGASHI and KINSUJI.
        BOSHI: MIDARE to TOGARI-KAERI or KO-MARU. NAMBOKUCHO 
        style is similar to peers such as NOBUKUNI. 

YOSHIKUNI O-AN (f: NAKAJIMA RAI KUNINAGA): YOSHI form: ZEN 
        "Goodness". Having the same name, there is published 
        confusion. One leaves for ECHIZEN, one is known as part 
        of the AWAJI RAI. 
     RAI YOSHIKUNI

YOSHITSUNA O-EI (t: YOSHIUJI): ITAME with MASAME. SUGUHA.

SETTSU
     First, RAI... 
     Following KUNINAGA and KUNIYASU,
     MUNEMITSUs' sons support RAI in their reaching travel.
                                           _____________ 
                                            RAI MUNEMITSU 
                  __________________________________|
             ____|____  - brothers -  ______________|____ 
             SHIGEKUNI EN-BUN 1356    AWAJI RAI YOSHIKUNI 
                     From YAMASHIRO                                     

SHIGEKUNI EN-BUN: (f: MUNEMITSU, br: RAI YOSHIKUNI): MOKUME with
        MASAME HADA. SUGUHA. AWAJI RAI.
     RAI SHIGEKUNI

YOSHIKUNI EN-BUN (f: MUNEMITSU, br: RAI SHIGEKUNI): YOSHI form:
        ZEN "Goodness". Some say he went to ECHIZEN with his 
        father and the ECHIZEN RAI movement. Others have him,
        AWAJI RAI. ITAME with MASAME HADA and RAI SUGUHA.
     RAI YOSHIKUNI


    SHI-TENNO-JI  
             YOSHIUJI(1) O-EI 1394 
    _____________|_________________________ 
___|____     ____|___                  ____|_____ 
TOMONARI     YOSHIUJI(2) EI-KYO 1429   YOSHITSUNA(1) O-EI 1394
(TOMOUJI)    ____|___                  ____|_____ 
TEI-JI 1362  YOSHIUJI(3) BUN-MEI 1469  YOSHITSUNA(2) KAN-SHO 1460
    ___________________________________
   (YAMASHIRO HASEBE KUNINOBU of BUN-WA)
             __________|_____            
             HASEBE KUNISHIGE(3)   
          SHI-TENNO-JI  O-EI 1394 
        See YAMASHIRO HASEBE School

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TOMOTSUNA(1) O-AN 1368
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TOMOTSUNA(2) O-EI 1394

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TADAHIRO BUN-MEI 1469 
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