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BIZEN
Late-KAMAKURA OSAFUNE - KAGEMITSU School
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TAMEYOSHI KO-AN 1278
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YASUHIRO TOKU-JI 1306 TAMETOSHI BUN-PO 1317
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TAMEIYE SHO-CHU 1324
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TAMETSUNE KEM-MU 1334
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TAMEMORI TEI-WA 1345
YASUHIRO TOKU-JI (f: TAMEYOSHI): SABEInoJO. SAKON SHOGEN. Late
KAMAKURA TACHI SUGATA. KO-MOKUME HADA. Rather even SUGU
KO-MIDARE BA with ASHI somewhat resembling KAGEMITSU
style.
MEI: YASUHIRO TSUKURU
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEInoJO YASUHIRO
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEInoJO YASUHIRO TSUKURU
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SAKON SHOGEN YASUHIRO TSUKURU
TAMETSUNE KEM-MU (f: TAMEIYE): MOKUME HADA. GUNOME, SUGU CHOJI BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TAMETSUNE
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TOSHITSUNE EN-BUN 1356
TOSHITSUNE EN-BUN: OSAFUNE smith. NOTARE BA and GUNOME patterns
with ASHI-IRI.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHITSUNE
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TOSHIMUNE TEI-JI 1362: GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHIMUNE
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU TOSHIMUNE
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TADAMITSU(1) SHO-O 1288
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TADAMITSU(2) GEN-KYO 1321 - OSAFUNE School. See KANEMITSU School.
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CHIKATSUGU TOKU-JI 1306
CHIKATSUGU TOKU-JI: Transferred from NITTA SHO. Worked to KEM-MU
1334. Long signatures, with town, in OSAFUNE.
MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU CHIKATSUGU
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEInoJO FUJIWARA CHIKATSUGU
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TADATSUGU TOKU-JI 1306
TADATSUGU TOKU-JI: OSAFUNE JU. SUGUHA with KO-ASHI.
BIZEN OSAFUNE
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TAMEYASU KO-AN 1278
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TAMETO SHO-WA 1312
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TAMENAGA TAMENOBU EN-KEI 1308
KA-REKI 1326 ___|____
TAMENOBU TEI-WA 1345
TAMETO SHO-WA (f: TAMEYASU): From EI-NIN 1293 to BUN-PO 1317.
KARAKAWA JU. Made TACHI and UCHIZORI TANTO. TANTO with
FURISODE NAKAGO. A simple SUGUHA with KO-ASHI IRI or
KO-CHOJI BA. Center-pole of the KUNI character is a
diagonal line dropping from corner to corner.
MEI: ICHI TAMETO
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU TAMETO
BIZEN-no-KUNI KARAKAWA JU SABEInoJO SUGAWARA TAMETO
BIZEN-no-KUNI KARAKAWA JUNIN UBEInoJO SUGAWARA TAMETO
TAMENAGA KA-REKI (f: TAMETO): In the style of his father, SUGUHA
with ASHI-IRI.
MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI TAMENAGA
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU TAMENAGA
TAMENOBU TEI-WA: GUNOME KO-MIDARE BA
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IYETSUGU SHO-O 1288
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IYEZANE EI-NIN 1293
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IYESADA(1) KA-GEN 1303
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IYESADA(2) KEM-MU 1334
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IYESADA(3) EI-TOKU 1381
IYEZANE EI-NIN (f: IYETSUGU): MOKUME HADA. KO-MIDARE BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JUNIN IYEZANE
IYESADA(1) KA-GEN (f: IYEZANE): MOKUME HADA. Evenly set GUNOME HA
with ASHI-IRI.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU IYESADA TSUKURU
IYESADA(2) KEM-MU (f: IYESADA 1): MOKUME. GUNOME HA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU IYESADA
TSUNETSUGU GEN-KYO: KO-ITAME has standing UTSURI. NIE SUGUHA,
KO-MIDARE or GUNOME-CHOJI BA with ASHI-IRI has KINSUJI in
SUNAGASHI. Large TACHI-MEI:
BIZEN JU SAKON SHOGEN TSUNETSUGU
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU TSUNETSUGU
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU SAKON SHOGEN TSUNETSUGU
BIZEN OSAFUNE
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KOREMUNE GEN-O 1319
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TAMEYOSHI KA-REKI 1326 TAMESADA KEM-MU 1334
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TAMEMITSU TAMESUKE
EN-BUN 1356 KEM-MU 1334
KOREMUNE GEN-O: SUGU CHOJI KO-MIDARE BA.
MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI KOREMUNE
BISHU OSAFUNE KOREMUNE TSUKURU
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU KOREMUNE TSUKURU
TAMEYOSHI KA-REKI (f: KOREMUNE): Work period to KEM-MU 1334.
KO-GUNOME KO-CHOJI BA with ASHI.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TAMEYOSHI
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE TAMEYOSHI
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU TAMEYOSHI
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MITSUNAGA SHO-CHU 1324
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TAMEKORE KA-REKI 1326
MITSUNAGA SHO-CHU: NAGA: "Long." Also used NAGA: "River." Work to
KEM-MU 1334. Possibly signed NAGAMITSU (NAGA: "River")
from TEI-JI 1362. MOKUME. Even GUNOME, CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU MITSUNAGA
BIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN MITSUNAGA
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU MITSUNAGA
TAMEKORE KA-REKI (f: MITSUNAGA): Work to EN-BUN 1356.
NAGAKUNI KEM-MU: Standing ITAME has JI-NIE and small YUBASHIRI
TOBI-YAKI which add flair to NIOI CHOJI-MIDARE BA. The
KUNI in his TACHI-MEI has the center pole leaning and
displaced to the right.
MEI: NAGAKUNI
BISHU OSAFUNE NAGAKUNI
NARITSUNA RYAKU-O 1338
OSAFUNE smith made swords from GEN-KYO 1321.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU NARITSUNA
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU NARITSUNA
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IWATO ICHIMONJI YOSHITOMO SHO-KEI 1332
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OSAFUNE YOSHITOMO KA-KEI 1387
YOSHITOMO BUN-MEI: Line falls to OSAFUNE from IWATO-SHO Group.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHITOMO
BIZEN OSAFUNE
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SADANAGA TEI-JI 1362
SADANAGA TEI-JI: SHINTOBEInoJO. MOKUME. GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
MEI: BIZEN OSAFUNE SADANAGA
BIZEN OSAFUNE JU SADANAGA
BISHU OSAFUNE JU SADANAGA
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YUKIKIYO(1) TEI-JI 1362
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YUKIKIYO(2) O-EI 1394
YUKIKIYO TEI-JI: From TEI-JI 1362 to O-AN 1368. OSAFUNE style.
2nd in O-EI.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YUKIKIYO
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YOSHIKIYO TEI-JI 1362
YOSHIKIYO TEI-JI: To O-AN 1368. MOKUME HADA. KO-MIDARE BA to
GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHIKIYO
BISHU OSAFUNE JU YOSHIKIYO
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HIRONAO O-AN 1368
HIRONAO O-AN (f: HIROTOSHI, gr: HIROTOSHI): HIRO form: KO "Wide."
NIOI-DEKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI HIRONAO
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MORINAGA O-AN 1368
MORINAGA O-AN: MORI form: SHU "Protect," NAGA form: EI "Lengthy."
From O-AN 1368 to MEI-TOKU 1390. KOSHI-HIRAKI style
GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MORINAGA
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TOSHINAGA O-AN 1368
TOSHINAGA O-AN: TOSHI form: RI "Gain," NAGA form: EI "Lengthy."
MOKUME. KO-MIDARE and GUNOME-MIDARE.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHINAGA
