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OSAFUNE YOSHIKAGE(2) O-AN 1368 IYEMORI(2) EN-BUN 1356
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MITSUSUYE IYEMORI(3) SHI-TOKU 1384 IYESHIGE KO-RYAKU 1379
EI-WA 1375 |_______________________________
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| MORISHIGE O-EI 1394
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JIROZAEMON TADAMITSU(5) EI-KYO 1429 IYEMITSU O-EI 1394
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SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI 1469 * See SUE-BIZEN *
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SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU(2) BUN-GI 1501 KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU(1)
_______________________________| MEI-O 1492
___________________|____ -brothers- _______________|________
JUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU(2)
TEN-MON 1532 TEN-MON 1532
IYEMORI(2) EN-BUN: Line from HATAKEDA. MOKUME. KO-MIDARE BA and
CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE IYEMORI
YOSHIKAGE(2) O-AN (t: KANEMITSU): Son-in-law of CHOGI.
See YOSHIKAGE in KANEMITSU SODEN and CHOGI School.
IYEMORI(3) SHI-TOKU (t: OSAFUNE YOSHIKAGE, f: KOZORI MORIMITSU):
From KO-RYAKU 1379 to O-EI 1394. Thin, KO-KISSAKI,
shallow curved KO-DACHI. KO-ITAME, ITAME HADA mix has
JI-NIE and faint UTSURI, that spots along the SHINOGI.
Tightly defined KO-NIE, HOSO-width KO-GUNOME casts small,
even waves down the HA. Some with lively GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
Small KO-MARU, small KAERI. IYEMORI found in BUN-MEI 1469
and KYO-ROKU 1528, all late KOZORI smiths.
MEI: IYEMORI
BISHU OSAFUNE JU IYEMORI
IYESHIGE KO-RYAKU (t: OSAFUNE YOSHIKAGE): KO-NIE and NIOI-DEKI
GUNOME-MIDARE HA. Note: O-EI IYESHIGE,
see O-EI BIZEN - MORIKAGE Group and OMIYA
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE IYESHIGE
MITSUSUYE(1) EI-WA (f: MITSUHISA, t: YOSHIKAGE): GUNOME-CHOJI BA
resembling YOSHIKAGE/KANEMITSU styles. 2nd MITSUSUYE in
O-EI. See KOZORI. See OSAFUNE and OEI BIZEN
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MITSUSUYE
TADAMITSU(5) EI-KYO (f: IYEMORI): JIROSAEMON. From EI-KYO 1429 to
HO-TOKU 1449. GUNOME patterns. SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU
follows. See SUE-BIZEN for the TADAMITSU line.
SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI (f: JIROSAEMON): KOZORI School
is the root of SUE-BIZEN TADAMITSU.
See SUE-BIZEN TADAMITSU line.
BIZEN KOZORI School - Nobumitsu / Norimitsu
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NOBUMITSU TEI-JI 1362
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NORIMITSU(1) O-AN 1368 NOBUNAO HARUMITSU
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NORIMITSU(2) MEI-TOKU 1390
NOBUMITSU TEI-JI: To O-AN 1368. MOKUME. GUNOME and TORAN-MIDARE.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NOBUMITSU
NORIMITSU(1) O-AN (f: NOBUMITSU): NORI form: HO "Law." MOKUME.
GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
NORIMITSU(2) MEI-TOKU: From MEI-TOKU 1390 through O-EI 25.
Resembles O-EI MORIMITSU. KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
HARUMITSU O-AN (t: NOBUMITSU): From EN-BUN 1356 to O-EI 1394.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE HARUMITSU
NOBUNAO O-AN (f: NOBUMITSU): From TEI-JI 1362 to O-EI 1394.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NOBUNAO
NOBUYASU O-AN: This is an old name, appearing and reappearing
with NOBUFUSA from KO-BIZEN times. From O-AN 1368 to the
O-EI, he made SUGUHA, GUNOME-MIDARE and CHOJI BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NOBUYASU
BIZEN KOZORI School - Morisuke / Norimitsu
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MORISUKE(1) RYAKU-O 1338
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MORISUKE(2) TEI-JI 1362
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MORISUKE(3) EI-TOKU 1381
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MORISUKE(4) O-EI 16 NORIMORI O-EI 27
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MORISUKE(5) NORIMITSU(3) BUN-AN 1444
BUN-AN 1444 |___________________________
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NORIMITSU(4) BUN-MEI 1469 NORISUKE
See SUE-BIZEN BUN-MEI 1469
MORISUKE(1) RYAKU-O: Work to BUN-WA 1352. HATAKEDA descendant.
MEI: NAMU KANZEON BOSATSU
BISHU OSAFUNE MORISUKE
BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORISUKE
MORISUKE(2) TEI-JI (f: MORITOSHI): From EN-BUN 1356 to O-AN 1368
making KOSHI-HIRAKI KO-GUNOME HA after KANEMITSU style.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORISUKE
MORISUKE(3) in EI-TOKU 1381. Line from HATAKEDA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MORISUKE
MORISUKE(4) O-EI: O-EI style GUNOME-MIDARE HA. 5th in BUN-AN 1444.
NORIMORI O-EI (f: MORISUKE): To KO-SHO 1455.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMORI
NORIMITSU(3) BUN-AN (t: NORIMORI, f: NORIMITSU 2): NORI form: HO
"Law." TANTO but few TACHI. MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-CHOJI
showing ASHI-IRI.
MEI: NORIMITSU
BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
NORIMITSU(4) BUN-MEI: UEMONnoJO. Also known as JIROUEMON. From
CHO-ROKU 1457 to BUN-MEI. NIOI-DEKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
See SUE-BIZEN
MEI: OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
BISHU OSAFUNE NORIMITSU
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE JIROUEMON FUJIWARA NORIMITSU
Ho-Norimitsu O-Dachi
Ho-Norimitsu O-Dachi
Overall
length: 377.6cm
Nagasa: 223.5cm
Sori: 50cm
Weapons
like this could be used as a
Naginata, but is good on the thrust.
Could be used against man or horse.
Could be wielded by more than one
man.
Well forged. Shinogi-Tsukuri, Maru-Mune
with O-Kissaki.
Bo-Hi to Marudome, both sides.
Mokume Hada with JiNie.
Hamon has Gunome-Midare rises and
falls and in the Oei style.
Ubu Nakago has three Mekugi-ana.
Bishu Osafune Norimitsu
Shonen SanJu-zan
BunAn
NiNi Nen Hachi GatsuHi - 1448
Yakushiji
Yagoro Hisamochi Shonen Nijuichi Sai
Made by
Norimitsu at 33 years for
Hisamochi at 21 years. |
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Ho Norimitsu
Katateuchi Kodachi
Nagasa:
56.6cm
Tachi-Mei:
Bishu Osafune Norimitsu
Bun-An Rokunen NiGatsu Hi
- 1449
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