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BIZEN
BIZEN HATAKEDA
HATAKEDA blades are similar to YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI. Not 
particularly deep KOSHIZORI with narrow SHINOGI-JI and IKUBI 
KISSAKI. In fine KO-MOKUME or ITAME with O-HADA. JUKA and KAWAZU
CHOJI-MIDARE with doubled, square-like CHOJI. SAKA-ASHI. TAMA and
TSUYU NIE. Upper may seem somewhat vacant but blades do not have
the OSAFUNE MONOUCHI.
_________________
FUKUOKA MORICHIKA KEN-KYU 1190 to SHO-GEN 1207
    |__________________ ______________________
____|__            ____|____       ___________|___     ________
MORIIYE(1)         SANETSUNE       FUKUOKA MUNEIYE     MORIYUKI
    | JO-EI 1232   TEM-PUKU 1233    KEN-RYAKU 1211   KEN-CHO 1249
    |_____________________ _______________ _____________________
____|__                ___|_____       ___|___                  |
MORIIYE(2)             MITSUMORI       MUNEIYE(1) KEN-CHO 1249  |
    | SHO-GEN 1259     EI-NIN 1293     ___|___                  |
    |                                  MUNEIYE(2) BUN-PO 1317   |
    |________ ____________________ _________ ___________        |
____|__     _|_______     ________|____  ___|____    ___|_____  |
MORIIYE(3)  MORISHIGE(1)  Old MOTOSHIGE  MOTOZANE    MORITOSHI  |
EI-NIN 1293  | EI-NIN 1293  KA-GEN 1303  BUN-PO 1317 SHO-O 1288 |
     ________|___________________________      -brothers-       |
____|____   _|_______                 ___|____                  |
MOTOSHIGE   MORISHIGE(2) SHO-KEI 1332 MORINAGA(1) KA-REKI 1326  |
See School  _|_______                 ___|____                  |
            MORISHIGE(3) O-AN 1368    MORINAGA(2) EN-BUN 1356   |
            _|_______                                           |
            MORISHIGE(4) O-EI 1394                              |
   ________________ _______ ________ __________ ________________|
__|____         ___|___ ___|____ ___|_____  ___|___ 
IYESUKE         IYEHIDE TSUNEIYE MUNETSUNE  IYEYASU TEM-PUKU 1233 
  | BUN-EI 1264      - SHO-O 1288 -         ___|____             
__|_____                                    SANEMORI KEN-CHO 1249
SANEMORI SHO-O 1288     
  |______________ ____________
__|______     ___|____     ___|_____
MORITSUNE     MURAMORI     MUNETSUNE  
KA-GEN 1303   SHO-O 1288   SHO-WA 1312
________                      ________________                      
MORIYUKI KEN-CHO 1249         HATAKEDA IYEMORI(1) GEN-TOKU 1329     
___|_____                     __________|___                   
MORISHIGE SHO-O 1288          KOZORI IYEMORI(2) EN-BUN 1356    
                              __________|___                   
                              KOZORI IYEMORI(3) SHI-TOKU 1384  

MORICHIKA SHO-GEN: HATAKEDA Founding Father. ICHIMONJI MORICHIKA
           made ITAME HADA. ICHIMONJI style OBUSA GUNOME-CHOJI 
           MIDARE BA.

SANETSUNE TEM-PUKU (t: MORICHIKA, f: SANESADA): From NAOMUNE line
           smiths. Work to BUN-EI 1264.

MORIYUKI KEN-CHO: CHOJI-MIDARE BA.


MORIIYE(1) JO-EI (f: MORICHIKA): HATAKEDA Founder. Work to HO-JI
        1247. Elongated KISSAKI on FUNBARI TACHI. Standing 
        KO-ITAME with JI-NIE has strong MIDARE-UTSURI. KO-NIE and
        NIOI-DEKI CHOJI and KAWAZU CHOJI-MIDARE with ASHI, or 
        GUNOME from CHOJI BA resembling the beauty of FUKUOKA.
        Famous for TOBI and TAMA. YAKIBA may be higher in the 
        mid. Large MEI with thick strokes may seem cursive and 
        stylized. Note: MORIIYE known for strongly standing HADA.
        Look for HA-HADA when placing JO-EI 1232 BIZENTO between
        MITSUTADA, KUNIMUNE and HATAKEDA MORIIYE
 Tokubetsu Juyo Moriiye 

BIZEN HATAKEDA









BUNKAZAI MORIIYE
        NAGASA: 2 SHAKU 3 SUN                MOTO-HABA: 9.5 BU
          SORI: 5.5 BU                       SAKI-HABA: 7 BU
        NAKAGO: 5.9 SUN

        SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, mid-KAMAKURA, wide TACHI 
        SUGATA. The shallow curve and broad, powerful upper 
        support its large IKUBI-style CHU-KISSAKI. Running ITAME
        HADA sees MIDARE-UTSURI condensing from the JI in steady
        cascades. The upper is a low flow of GUNOME and KO-CHOJI
        MIDARE interspersed with occasional juts, TAMA and lonely
        TOBI that whisper of missing KAWAZU. The YAKIBA rises in
        the mid as pointed peaks pull fat GUNOME into bent 
        postures. Their ardent debate settles quickly to an 
        energetic harmony of constant change: A bustling commerce
        of high standing OBUSA, KO-CHOJI and GUNOME squeeze and 
        compete while subtle JI-BA tease at tops. The HABUCHI 
        rides a CHU-width through the lower to find SUNAGASHI and
        KINSUJI searching the HABAKI-MOTO. BOSHI: A single 
        invection creates two large and smooth GUNOME nodules in
        the wide MIDARE-BOSHI - which then takes an easy KO-MARU
        with very slight KAERI. SURIAGE KIRI-JIRI NAKAGO has four
        MEKUGI-ANA and his stylized, three-character 
        MEI: MORIIYE TSUKURU

BIZEN HATAKEDA
MORIIYE(2) SHO-GEN: NAKATSUKASA NYUDO. HATAKEDA JU. Said to have
           been a student of MORITSUNE and moved to join the 
           OSAFUNE group. His work continues to SHO-O 1288. Early
           work tunes to the time with OSAFUNE style KAWAZU CHOJI
           MIDARE BA, and with time turns to slightly undulating
           MIDARE patterns of GUNOME-CHOJI BA as was popular
           towards SHO-O - the beginning of late-KAMAKURA. 
           Signature: Small two-characters or long. CAO possible.
    MEI: MORIIYE 
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU MORIIYE TSUKURU 
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JUNIN MORIIYE TSUKURU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU MORICHIKA MAGO MORIIYE (CAO)


MORIIYE EI-NIN: Work from EI-NIN to BUN-PO 1317. JI-HADA stands.
        Beautiful NIOI-DEKI GUNOME, OBUSA CHOJI mixes are seen.
        Signature is small.
    MEI: MORIIYE
         MORIIYE TSUKURU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU MORIIYE

MITSUMORI EI-NIN (t: MORIIYE 1): Resembles MORIIYE's OBUSA CHOJI
        with KAWAZU. MIDARE KO-MARU BOSHI. MEI: MITSUMORI and 
        MITSUMORI TSUKURU

MORISHIGE(1) EI-NIN (f: MORIIYE 2, br: Old MOTOSHIGE): Son-in-law
        of NAGAMITSU. Father of MOTOSHIGE - see MOTOSHIGE School.
        OSAFUNE JU. Most work from KA-GEN 1303 through GEN-O 
        1319. Resembles SANENAGA. MOKUME. Undulating ASAKI-NOTARE
        KO-GUNOME HA with ASHI-IRI. Made a TANTO in the "Stooped
        shoulders" leaning GUNOME pattern. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MORISHIGE
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORISHIGE
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JUNIN MORISHIGE

MORISHIGE(2) SHO-KEI: Work to RYAKU-O 1338. MORISHIGE in O-AN 
        1368, O-EI 1394, KA-KICHI 1441 and O-NIN 1467.

MORINAGA(1) KA-REKI (f: MORISHIGE 1): To SHO-HEI 1346. KO-MOKUME.
        KO-NIE KO-MIDARE BA and GUNOME-CHOJI BA, or undulating
        GUNOME HA with TOGARI. KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI.
    MEI: MORINAGA TSUKURU
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORINAGA
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU MORINAGA
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU MORINAGA SAKU

MORINAGA(2) EN-BUN: GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: MORINAGA TSUKURU
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORINAGA SAKU 

BIZEN HATAKEDA
IYESUKE BUN-EI (f: MORIIYE): ITAME. GUNOME and KO-CHOJI MIDARE.

SANEMORI SHO-O (t: MORIIYE, f: IYESUKE): YAJIRO. Born: RYAKU-NIN
        1238. Work seen from BUN-EI 1264 to SHO-AN 1299. 
        SAKONnoSUKE and UMAnoSUKE (left and right). His style
        resembles that of MORIIYE. NIOI is tightly defined. 
        Early work: Dynamic O-CHOJI, KAWAZU mix typical of 
        mid-KAMAKURA ICHIMONJI styles. Later work accrues a 
        uniformity, look for even height and uniform feel to 
        GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE HA with KO-ASHI defining. Note: 
        The marked addition of GUNOME figures, and a quieting 
        from the pronounced ICHIMONJI CHOJI patterns popularized
        of KEN-CHO 1249 are a SHO-O 1288, and forward, cross 
        provincial sign-post. GUNOME was the new national trend.
        SOSHU would soon blend it into their complex undulating 
        patterns. His long signature is said to be earlier. 
        See BUNKAZAI SANEMORI following
    MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN UMA-no-SUKE SANEMORI TSUKURU 
         Later: SANEMORI TSUKURU

MUNETSUNE SHO-O (f: SANEMORI): To SHO-AN 1299. Expect uniform 
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA with KO-ASHI.
    MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN MUNETSUNE

MUNETSUNE SHO-CHU (t: SANEMORI): From SHO-WA 1312. ITAME HADA.
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: MUNETSUNE

MORITSUNE KA-GEN (f: SANEMORI): ITAME HADA. SUGUHA, GUNOME-MIDARE
        with ASHI-IRI and KO-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: MORITSUNE

BIZEN HATAKEDA







BUNKAZAI SANEMORI
        NAGASA: 2.5 SHAKU 5.2 SUN           MOTO-HABA: 1.1 SUN
          SORI: 1 SUN                       SAKI-HABA: 7 BU
        NAKAGO: 6.7 SUN

        SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, mid to late KAMAKURA 
        transition period, KOSHIZORI TACHI. Full NIKU and wide
        upper hold a broad and round IKUBI CHU-KISSAKI. BO-HI 
        falls from KO-SHINOGI into the NAKAGO. Its wide MOTO-
        HABA gives this broad blade a wide FUNBARI where MIDARE-
        UTSURI dances over ITAME HADA through the JI. 
        Occasional TAMA and TOBI ride the shoulders of never 
        repeating KO-CHOJI and KO-GUNOME in a tightly defined 
        CHU-width below the MONOUCHI. A subtle JUKA tends the 
        rising crowd in the mid. YO cuts dimples to blocks of 
        CHOJI that stand and stumble, while KAWAZU clings in 
        motionless groups. CHOJI becomes SAKA and a little 
        slurred in the lower. The CHU-width MIDARE-KOMI BOSHI 
        finds KO-MARU. A slight back-tilt below the HABAKI 
        adjusts arc for this UBU, two MEKUGI-ANA, KURI-JIRI 
        NAKAGO. Signed large with thin strokes above the 
        original ANA: SANEMORI TSUKURU.

BIZEN HATAKEDA
TSUNEIYE SHO-O (f: MORIIYE): Founder of TSUNEIYE KOZORI Group.
        See KOZORI School. From the transition to SUE-KAMAKURA 
        SUGATA. Elongated KISSAKI, KOSHIZORI TACHI. KO-MOKUME 
        with JI-NIE and MIDARE-UTSURI. GUNOME through CHOJI-
        MIDARE BA. O-AN KOZORI TSUNEIYE is a descendant. 
        See KOZORI School 
    HATAKEDA MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TSUNEIYE.

IYEHIDE SHO-O (f: MORIIYE): KO-ITAME HADA. GUNOME HA and KO-CHOJI
        MIDARE BA.
    MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI IYEHIDE


MUNEIYE KA-TEI: Father of MORIIYE. KO-MIDARE of GUNOME-MIDARE HA.

MUNEIYE BUN-PO: MOKUME. Even height GUNOME-CHOJI BA.

IYEMORI(1) GEN-TOKU: KO-MIDARE BA with ASHI. 2nd to KOZORI.
    MEI: IYEMORI
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU IYEMORI



_________
MORITOSHI SHO-O 1288
___|____
MORISUKE(1) RYAKU-O 1338
___|____
MORISUKE(2) TEI-JI 1362
___|____
MORISUKE(3) EI-TOKU 1381
___|____
MORISUKE(4) O-EI 1394
___|____
MORISUKE(5) BUN-AN 1444

MORISUKE(1) RYAKU-O (f: MORITOSHI): From RYAKU-O 1338 to BUN-WA 
        1352. These are HATAKEDA descendants doing KOZORI style.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MORISUKE
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORISUKE

MORISUKE(2) TEI-JI: EN-BUN 1356 to O-AN 1368. Resembles KANEMITSU
        KO-GUNOME style. Thick strokes.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORISUKE


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MORIKIYO GEN-KYO 1321
           Starts a name and a line. His descendant works the
        O-EI, see OEI BIZEN. KO-MIDARE BA.
    MEI: MORIKIYO
         BIZEN HATAKEDA MORIKIYO 
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