ECHIZEN CHIYOZURU School 

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IYEYOSHI O-EI 1394                        
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IYEYOSHI       IYEMASA(1) EI-KYO 1429     
BUN-MEI 1469   ___|___                    
               IYEMASA(2) MEI-O 1492      


IYEYOSHI O-EI: Worked in both ECHIZEN and KAGA. SUGUHA with ASHI
        and GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
    MEI: ESSHU JU IYEYOSHI

IYEYOSHI BUN-MEI: Worked in the CHIYOZURU style in both ECHIZEN
        and KAGA from EI-KYO.  MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and 
        GUNOME-MIDARE HA with ASHI-IRI.
    MEI: IYEYOSHI SAKU
         ESSHU IYEYOSHI
         ESSHU JU IYEYOSHI

IYEMASA(1) EI-KYO (f: IYEYOSHI): CHIYOZURU. SUGU KO-MIDARE HA.
    MEI: IYEMASA

IYEMASA(2) MEI-O: SUGUHA.
    MEI: ECHIZEN-no-KUNI JU IYEMASA SAKU

IYEYOSHI CHO-KYO: CHIYOZURU. YOSHI form: ZEN "Good." Transferred 
           later to KAGA. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGU and CHIYOZURU 
           style GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
    MEI: IYEYOSHI SAKU

YOSHIZANE EI-SHO: TSURUGA-GORI. Work to TAI-EI 1521. KO-MIDARE BA 
         and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. 
    MEI: ECHIZEN-no-KUNI TSURUGA-GORI YOSHIZANE SAKU
         ECHIZEN-no-KUNI TSURUGA-GORI JU YOSHIZANE SAKU

YASUHIRO EI-SHO: CHIYOZURU. From ETCHU. HADA with MASAME. SUGUHA
        and GUNOME-MIDARE HA with SUNAGASHI.
    MEI: ESSHU JU YASUHIRO

NORIKAGE KYO-ROKU: SAMURAI SMITH.The ASAKURA DAIMYO made swords 
        as a hobby. His son finally made peace with the JODO 
        after endless battle. Sealed tribute: 1 daughter - and 
        KAGA Province. KO-MIDARE and GUNOME HA. 
    MEI: KUSAKABE NORIKAGE TSUKURU

KANENORI(2) TEN-SHO (t: SEKI KANENORI, br: SHINPACHI KANENORI):
        MINO KANENORI transferred to ECHIGO in the TEN-MON era.
        Then accompanied NOBUNAGA's siege of the ASAKURA at 
        ICHIJO-ga-DANI, from whence his signature: 
                                                ICHIJO-ga-DANI JU.
        ICHIJO-ga-DANI was the ASAKURA castle of the above 
        NORIKAGE and handed now to ASAKURA YOSHIKAGE, who had 
        defied the call against the sitting ASHIKAGA SHOGUN, 
        YOSHITERU by his brother, YOSHIAKI. NOBUNAGA successfully
        accepted the task, and afterwards obliged YOSHIKAGE's 
        appearance to the KYOTO capitol. YOSHIKAGE refused. 
        Joining with the ASAI, a stand was made and finally 
        broken on the banks of the ANE-GAWA River. The 
        intervention of Emperor OGIMACHI gave a temporary 
        reprieve, but YOSHIKAGE was destined for SEPPUKU in his
        family's hall, ICHIJO-ga-DANI Castle, TEN-SHO 1573. 
        ECHIZEN was given to ODA's vassal, SHIBATA KATSUIYE, but
        KANENORI and his following smith line would continue in
        ECHIZEN into the SHINTO  -  spreading to ETCHU, KAGA and
        ECHIGO. 
        He held to his teachers' (MINO KANENORI) SANAMI style, 
        from MINO NARA KANENAGA: Standing SHIRA-KE ITAME with 
        MASAME HADA and YAKIBA of KO-NIE GUNOME-MIDARE on NIOI 
        sweep. MIDARE-BOSHI to JIZO or TOGARI-KAERI.
    MEI: ECHIZEN ICHIJO JU KANENORI
         ECHIZEN-no-KUNI JU KANENORI
         ECHIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN KANENORI
         ECHIZEN ICHIJO-ga-DANI JU KANENORI

KANENORI(3) GEN-WA: See SHINTO