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The Eight DO

HOKURIKUDO - The Eight Roads of KOTO

WAKASA - FUYUHIRO School 

                   Many short swords. FUYUHIRO HADA is flowing
                   O-ITAMEwith MASAME that standsout. JI-NIE.
                   MIDARE, NOTARE-MIDARE and GUNOME-MIDARE. 3rd
                   generation  banners greater exuberance with
                   TOBI-YAKI, MUNE-YAKI and HITATSURA in KO-NIE.

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HIROTSUGU(2) SAGAMI 
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FUYUHIRO(1) KO-SHO 1455 
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FUYUHIRO(2) CHO-KYO 1487   TSUGUHIRO(1) BUN-MEI 1469 
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FUYUHIRO(3) TAI-EI 1521    TSUGUHIRO(2) EI-SHO 1504  
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FUYUHIRO(4) EI-ROKU 1558   TSUGUHIRO(3) TEN-MON 1532 
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   FUYUMITSU TEN-MON 1532 
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   FUYUMITSU TEN-SHO 1573



FUYUHIRO(1) KO-SHO (f: SOSHU HIROTSUGU 2): Transferred to OBAMA.
        Standing ITAME of MASAME that runs. JI-NIE. HOSO-SUGU, 
        SUGU GUNOME-MIDARE and NOTARE GUNOME HA with valleys.
    MEI: FUYUHIRO
         JAKUSHU JU FUYUHIRO


FUYUHIRO(2) CHO-KYO: OBAMA JU. Worked in HOKI and BIZEN. SUGUHA,
        NOTARE BA and GUNOME-MIDARE. Died at 53.
    MEI: FUYUHIRO SAKU
         NAMU AMIDA BUTSU
         JAKUSHU JU FUYUHIRO SAKU


FUYUHIRO(3) TAI-EI: KYUEMON. The most prolific FUYUHIRO. Standing
        HADA with JI-NIE. SUGUHA, GUNOME-MIDARE and NOTARE BA.
        GUNOME-MIDARE with TOBI-YAKI andMUNE-YAKI. HITATSURA. 
        Occasionally there is wide MIDARE HA with more NIE but 
        often the YAKIBA is a defined NIOI that is narrow. His 
        FUYUHIRO is larger than the other characters of his 
        signature. 
    MEI: FUYUHIRO SAKU
         KYUEMONnoJO FUYUHIRO
         JAKUSHU JU FUYUHIRO




WAKASA - FUYUHIRO School FUYUHIRO(4) EI-ROKU: MATAJIRO and TOZAEMON. On the eleventh day of the eighth month - 1564, he received WAKASA-no-KAMI. The Lord of MATSUYAMA summoned him to BITCHU. TEN-SHO saw him moving to BINGO. Broad, deeply curved KATANA with raised SHINOGI and strong, IKUBI-like CHU-KISSAKI. JI-NIE appears on clearly standing ITAME HADA that is drawn and running. The YAKIBA may be a deeply hardened and widely undulating GUNOME-MIDARE HA, strafed with profuse NIE and TOBI-YAKI that appears pulled along on insistent NIJUBA following the grain. The NAKAGO draws down to a small KURIJIRI making a rounded belly appear slightly TANAGO. MEI: JAKUSHU JU FUYUHIRO FUYUHIRO TOZAEMONnoJO WAKASA-no-KAMI FUYUHIRO JUHACHI-no-KUNI FUYUHIRO SAKU BITCHU-no-KUNI OITE MATSUYAMA JAKUSHU JUNIN FUYUHIRO SAKU TSUGUHIRO(1) BUN-MEI (t: FUYUHIRO 1): FUYUHIROs' son and student. SUGUHA and GUNOME KO-MIDARE HA. MEI: TSUGUHIRO SAKU JAKUSHU OBAMA JU TSUGUHIRO WAKASA-no-KUNI TSUGUHIRO SAKU TSUGUHIRO EI-SHO: Possibly the son of FUYUMITSU. From EI-SHO 1504 to TEN-MON 1532. Drawn MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-MIDARE HA. MEI: JAKUSHU JU TSUGUHIRO TSUGUHIRO(3) TEN-MON (f: EI-SHO TSUGUHIRO): SAEMONnoJO. Received IGA-no-KAMI on the 21st day of the 10th month in 1559. MOKUME HADAwith MASAME. HIRO-SUGU width GUNOME-MIDARE and NOTARE-MIDARE HA. MEI: TSUGUHIRO SAKU JAKUSHU JU TSUGUHIRO JAKUSHU OBAMA JU TSUGUHIRO JAKUSHU OBAMA JU TSUGUHIRO SAKU His son, MATASHIJIRO took up the head of the WAKASA FUYUHIRO following the departure of FUYUHIRO MATAJIRO, the fourth, for BITCHU. TSUGUHIRO line carried the tradition and FUYUHIRO school through SHINTO.
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