KINJU School: O-ITAME with MASA creates running HADA with CHIKEI.
SUGU GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE, MIDARE BA, O-MIDARE O-NOTARE HOTSURE.
GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE with SUNAGASHI, KINSUJI and INAZUMA. JI-NIE.
O-MARU BOSHI.
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KINJU EN-BUN 1356
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KANEYUKI KANEMITSU KANESHIGE
O-AN 1368 TEI-JI 1362
"The Ten Students"
KINJU EN-BUN (f: MOTOSHIGE): A founder at SEKI, his Buddist name
was DOAMI, said priest at SEISENJI in ECHIZEN. He
transferred to SEKI and made swords. A signed sword
testifies his father as MOTOSHIGE.
As one of the legendary "Ten Students" of MASAMUNE, we
expect to see the masterful application of SOSHU style KITAE
and YAKIBA. However, his recorded work from EN-BUN 1356 to
O-AN 1368 shows the YAMATO SENJUIN descended, HOKURIKU
forging-characteristics - which throws doubt on this always
shrinking fraternity. Some long featured ornaments of sword
study, such as the "Ten Students" were myths, or partial
myths, originally created, or siezed upon, by the then ever-
active EDO fantasy writers.
Genuine KINJU are highly refined works showing the flavor
and style of the outlying HOKURIKU.
KINJU made NAMBOKUCHO style TACHI and TANTO: wide, thin
blade with shallow SORI and even curve. MITSU-MUNE.
Standing SHIRAKI O-ITAME HADA mixes with MASAME to create
the running HADA appearance. YUBASHIRI appears in the JI.
HOKURIKU is "dark" KURO steel.
SUNAGASHI runs through NIE-DEKI KO-GUNOME that has a slight
KO-NOTARE wave to the line. KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-MIDARE BA
with SUNAGASHI and TOBI-YAKI, GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA marked
of particularly round or outsized and looping GUNOME heads
known as KENBO MIDARE or KANEFUSA MIDARE.
BOSHI is O-MARU with NOTARE TOGARI and HAKIKAKE "swept."
HORIMONO are unusual or esoteric religious motifs, another
area showing outlying themes.
YASURI is KATTE SAGARI on short NAKAGO, an expected
NAMBOKUCHO feature.
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