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SODEN BIZEN "The Ten Students" - KANEMITSU Technical: SUGATA - Either with FUNBARI or as NAMBOKUCHO (long, thin, evenly wide blades). KOSHIZORI. Can be shallow. A few high-SHINOGI. Narrow SHINOGI- Strong Names JI. Medium or elongated KISSAKI, O-KISSAKI. -TOMOMITSU FUKURA-KARERU "Withered." Shallow NIKU. -YOSHIMITSU HADA - KO-MOKUME or ITAME. Pronounced HADA appears -MOTOMITSU soft. YOKOME-no-KITAE "Side-look" - a round -MASAMITSU spreading - like pond ripples from a tossed -YOSHIKAGE pebble. Color can be blue or blue-gray with gold. CHIKEI. DAN-DAN UTSURI (spotting). HAMON - KANEMITSU: KO-NIE with tightly defined NIOI. Early: KATAOCHI "Stooped-shoulders" GUNOME HA in the style of KAGEMITSU. Slant ASHI. Later: KOSHI-HIRAKI "Open-bellied" GUNOME HA that may appear like long, evenly spaced NOTARE-like swells. KINSUJI and INAZUMA. BOSHI - MIDARE with TOGARI and short turnback. NAKAGO - Long signatures with dates. Often SURIAGE. KANEMITSU SODEN SODEN refers to the SOSHU influence of the group whose teachers were schooled in SAGAMI, as with the "Ten Students," and brought SOSHU style to the ENBUN. _________________ OSAFUNE KAGEMITSU * 4 Sons of KAGEMITSU * |___________________ ____________________ ___|_______ ___|_____ _____|_____ O-KANEMITSU(1) YOSHIKAGE(1) YOSHIMITSU(1) | _____________ __________________| | ______|___ _____|___ ____________|____ | YOSHIMITSU(2) YOSHIKIYO KOZORI YOSHIMITSU(1) | YUKIMITSU |_________________ _____________ _________________ ___|___________ ___|_____ ___|_____ | ENBUN KANEMITSU MOTOMITSU(1) TADAMITSU | |_________________ | ___|_____ _______|____ | MOTOMITSU(2) 2nd MOTOMASA | _______________________ ___________ ______________| ___|______ ____|____ ___|____ | SHIGEMITSU(3) TOMOMITSU MORIMOTO(1) | SHIGEMITSU(4) ____________|____________ | ____|____ ____|____ ____|____ | MORIMITSU(1) MOROMITSU(1) TADAMITSU | | - KOZORI School - | _____________ ______________________ ______________| ____|____ ___|_____ ____|____ YOSHIKAGE(2) KUNITSUNA MASAMITSU MITSUKAGE |_________ |_____________ ____|____ ___|____ ____|_____ ___|_____ MASAMITSU ARIMITSU YOSHITSUNA HISAMITSU(3) (OEI BIZEN/KOZORI) |
OSAFUNE KAGEMITSU * 4 Sons of KAGEMITSU * |___________________ ____________________ ___|_______ ___|_____ ____|_____ O-KANEMITSU(1) YOSHIKAGE(1) YOSHIMITSU(1) KEM-MU 1334 | KEM-MU 1334 ____________ _____________| | ______|___ ___|_____ ____|_____ | YOSHIMITSU(1) YOSHIKIYO YOSHIMITSU(2) EN-BUN 1356 | See KOZORI TEI-JI 1362 ____|____ | YUKIMITSU KO-O 1389 |_________________ ______________________________ ___________ ___|___________ ___|_____ ___|_____ | ENBUN KANEMITSU MOTOMITSU(1) EN-BUN 1356 TADAMITSU | Line follows |__________________ EN-BUN 1356 | ___|_____ _______|____ | MOTOMITSU(2) 2nd MOTOMASA | O-EI 1394 MEI-TOKU 1390 | ____________________________ ______________________ ________| ___|______ ____|____ ___|____ | SHIGEMITSU(3) TEI-JI 1362 TOMOMITSU EN-BUN 1356 MORIMOTO(1) | ___|______ _____________|______________ TEI-JI 1362 | SHIGEMITSU(4) ____|____ ____|____ ____|____ | O-EI 1394 MORIMITSU(1) MOROMITSU(1) TADAMITSU | SHI-TOKU 1384 - EI-TOKU 1381 - | _______________________________ ___________ _______________| ____|____ __________|_____ ____|____ YOSHIKAGE(2) O-AN 1368 KOZORI KUNITSUNA MASAMITSU TEI-JI 1362 | TEI-JI 1362 |__________ | ____|____ ___|____ |____________ ____________ MASAMITSU ARIMITSU ____|_____ ___|_____ ___|_____ - O-EI 1394 - YOSHIKAGE(3) YOSHIKANE MITSUKAGE KA-KEI 1387 O-EI 1394 MEI-TOKU 1390 |___________ ____|_____ ___|_____ YOSHITSUNA HISAMITSU(3) KYO-TOKU 1452 KA-KICHI 1441 See O-EI and KOZORI |
"The Ten Students" O-KANEMITSU KEM-MU (f: KAGEMITSU): He was born in KO-AN period and died at the age of 83 in the EN-BUN. The long KANEMITSU career spans over 50 years from GEN-KYO 1321 era to O-AN 1368 era, and theory has long postulated two generations. Old writings claim one long career, but the accepted chronology finds O-KANEMITSU in KEM-MU 1334, followed by EN-BUN KANEMITSU. 1st period work should be attributed to O-KANEMITSU, 2nd period work to ENBUN KANEMITSU. KANEMITSU ITAME will seem soft and is famous for YOKOME-no-KITAE, a circular spreading, and running CHIKEI. There is BOTAN "Peony" UTSURI or DAN-DAN "Spotted" UTSURI. A comparison of the YAKI-IRE or hardening shows his UTSURI master work of the first rank. O-KANEMITSU 1st Period: From GEN-KYO 1321 to KAN-O 1350. Dates of KAN-O or before will most likely be attributed to KANEMITSU(1). -SUGATA is late-KAMAKURA/early NAMBOKUCHO, graceful TACHI. -Early work: "Stooped-shoulders" KATAOCHI GUNOME pattern displays his father's influence. HAMON is small and not boisterous - KO-GUNOME MIDARE BA. A variation in height is seen. Note: Following TEI-WA 1345 we see the power of the NAMBOKUCHO sweep sword styles. Elongated point to O-KISSAKI, wide and long TACHI and wide HIRA-TSUKURI O-TANTO. NAMBOKUCHO wide TACHI is usually thin, a SOSHU influence. ENBUN KANEMITSU See ENBUN KANEMITSU School 2nd Period: Wide and powerful TACHI with elongated KISSAKI and shallow SORI. Narrow SHINOGI-JI. Look for raised SHINOGI. KANEMITSU SUGATA is generally thin. Shallow, almost vacuous NIKU. -Elongated TANTO or O-TANTO will be wide bladed, thin KASANE of shallow NIKU. SAKIZORI. -ITAME HADA with YOKOME-no-KITAE. CHIKEI and DAN-DAN UTSURI. NIE in JI & HA area. TANTO: UTSURI follows HAMON. From KAN-O 1350 forward, KANEMITSU GUNOME is KOSHI-HIRAKI style, that is: pronounced valleys separating figures. This HAMON may appear almost a NOTARE, with NIOI "Smoke" at the crests. KO-NIEDEKI where NIOI is tightly defined. The variance in height will fall and rise between HOSO and CHU width. BOSHI: MIDARE-KOMI with TOGARI or possibly a small KO-MARU. There will be a shallow KAERI. KANEMITSU BOSHI has been likened to the flame of a candle and so the phrase, ROSOKU "Candle-flame" BOSHI. MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE KANEMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE JU KANEMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU KANEMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SAEMONnoJO FUJIWARA KANEMITSU (KAKI-HAN) O-KANEMITSU Recap: - Late-KAMAKURA/early NAMBOKUCHO SUGATA - CHIKEI and YOKOME-no-KITAE - DAN-DAN UTSURI - Resembles father, KAGEMITSU's KATAOCHI "Stooped-shoulders" KO-GUNOME MIDARE HA - HAMON is small and varies in height - Look for SAN-SAKU style BOSHI - See NAGAMITSU EN-BUN KANEMITSU: - NAMBOKUCHO SUGATA, O-TANTO - Many with HORIMONO - KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME HA - ROSOKU "Candle-flame" BOSHI |
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BUNKAZAI FUKUSHIMA KANEMITSU
The sword of FUKUSHIMA MASANORI, TAISHU Governor of GEISHU - AKI at HIROSHIMA, who wavered on IYEYASU's request to rebuild (at MASANORI's expense) HIDEYOSHI's old keep, NAGOYA Castle. Dwindling relations led to loss of his lands - exchanged for KAWANAKA-JIMA, KENSHIN and SHINGEN's many battled ground in SHINANO, at 1/10th his former income. The FUKUSHIMA KANEMITSU was kept through the EDO Period in KANAZAWA, KAGA Province by the MAEDA Family. SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, deep KOSHIZORI typical KANEMITSU
where width retains through the upper to a broad and markedly elongated
CHU-KISSAKI.
KO-ITAME HADA is dressed with standing MIDARE-UTSURI. Compact KO-CHOJI KO-GUNOME in tightly defined NIOI find small
insistent TOGARI whisking the tops and KO-ASHI cutting definition.
MIDARE-KOMI BOSHI has similarity to SAN-SAKU BOSHI in that a pull toward the HA above the YOKOTE is followed by a swell. KO-MARU with quickly disappearing KAERI. URA has slight TOGARI. UBU, five MEKUGI-ANA NAKAGO is signed near the MUNE.
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