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BIZEN
 
ENBUN KANEMITSU School 
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ENBUN KANEMITSU(2) EN-BUN 1356  
      |______________________ ________________________ _________
______|__                 ___|____                 ___|____     |
KANEMITSU(3) O-EI 1394    SADAYUKI(1) KO-O 1389    YUKISADA     |
______|__                    |_____________        EI-WA 1375   |
KANEMITSU                 ___|____      ___|_____               |
CHO-ROKU 1457             SADAYUKI(2)   SADAMITSU(1) KO-O 1389  |
                          EI-KYO 1429   ___|_____               |
                                        SADAMITSU(2) O-EI 1394  |
                          ________________ _____________________|
                      ___|____     _______|____
                      NOBUMORI     1st MOTOMASA TEI-JI 1362
                      TEI-JI 1362      ___|____
                                       NOBUMORI MEI-TOKU 1390
                                __________|____
                                KOZORI MORIMOTO EI-KYO 1429
                                See KOZORI School

EN-BUN KANEMITSU EN-BUN: 2nd KANEMITSU. See O-KANEMITSU preceding 

BUNKAZAI ENBUN KANEMITSU
NAGASA: 68.2cm 
SORI: 2.0cm
 

SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE. Thin KASANE with little curve,it finds an elongated CHU-KISSAKI. 
FUTATSU Twin grooves on OMOTE, with AMIDA BONJI and HORIMONO in the lower of HACHIMAN DAI BOSATSU. URA has FUTATSU-HI, BONJI and SANKO TSUKI-no-KEN on the SHINOGI. 

KO-ITAME HADA has JI-NIE and CHIKEI under a standing MIDARE-UTSURI.

Evenly spaced NOTARE rises hold KO-NIE GUNOME-MIDARE BA with ASHI and YO in an exemplified KOSHI-HIRAKI style. 

MIDARE-KOMI KO-NIE BOSHI has TOGARI head on OMOTE and KO-MARU on URA. 

KIRI-JIRI NAKAGO has two MEKUGI-ANA and signed TACHI MEI: 
 

TACHI-OMOTE:
       BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE KANEMITSU 

TACHI-URA: 
      ENBUN GEN-NEN JU-NI GATSU-HI
                                                           
1356, 12th Month

ENBUN KANEMITSU School
YUKISADA EI-WA (t: ENBUN KANEMITSU): KOZORI. SAKIZORI TANTO. Made
        MOKUME HADA. NIOI-DEKI HOSO-SUGU KO-GUNOME HA and 
        KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YUKISADA
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU YUKISADA

SADAYUKI(1) KO-O (t: KANEMITSU): Resembles his teacher. Small
        patterned KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA in NIOI and ]
        KO-NIE. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE SADAYUKI
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU SADAYUKI

SADAYUKI(2) EI-KYO: MOKUME HADA. GUNOME. SADAYUKI of KYO-TOKU
        1452 shows KOZORI style.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE SADAYUKI

SADAMITSU KO-O (t: SADAYUKI 1): KANEMITSU style. Don't confuse
        with TEI-JI SADAMITSU of KOZORI School.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE SADAMITSU

NOBUMORI TEI-JI (t: KANEMITSU 2): NOBU form: SHIN, MORI: SHU. 
           MOKUME HADA. GUNOME with ASHI-IRI.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NOBUMORI

MOTOMASA TEI-JI (t: KANEMITSU 2): MOTO form: KI "Earth," MASA
        form: SEI "Administration." From EN-BUN 1356 to O-AN 
        1368. SAKIZORI TANTO. NOKOBA, KANEMITSU style.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MOTOMASA

NOBUMORI MEI-TOKU (f: MOTOMASA): Pre-O-EI. KANEMITSU DEN. MOKUME.
        NOKO/GUNOME mix.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NOBUMORI 
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