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BIZEN

BIZEN KOZORI School - MASAMITSU 
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      O-KANEMITSU School
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KOZORI MASAMITSU(1) TEI-JI 1362   KUNITSUNA TEI-JI 1362
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____________|___     ___|____     MITSUKAGE O-EI 1394
KOZORI MASAMITSU(2)  ARIMITSU(1)  YOSHIKAGE Student
            - O-EI 1394 -         See KANEMITSU School
                                  
                                  

KOZORI MASAMITSU TEI-JI (t: KANEMITSU): From EN-BUN 1356 to the
        O-EI, and his style follows according to time. Some say
        O-EI MASAMITSU is the second generation. Early work will
        appear KATAOCHI "Stooped-shoulders" in KANEMITSU(1) style.
        KO-GUNOME with ASHI becoming ASAKI-NOTARE undulating 
        GUNOME. See KANEMITSU SODEN
    MEI: MASAMITSU
         BISHU OSAFUNE MASAMITSU

ARIMITSU(1) O-EI (f: MASAMITSU): ARI form: YU "Possession" 
        GOROZAEMON. MOKUME HADA. SUGUHA and GUNOME-CHOJI BA in 
        NIOI, O-EI influenced. See KANEMITSU SODEN Generations
        follow in the SUE-BIZEN, KA-KICHI 1441, O-NIN 1467 and
        GEN-KI 1570. See SUE-BIZEN - KAN-SHO
    MEI: ARIMITSU
         BISHU OSAFUNE ARIMITSU
         BISHU OSAFUNE GOROZAEMONnoJO ARIMITSU

KUNITSUNA TEI-JI (t: KANEMITSU): From TEI-JI 1362 to KA-KEI 1387.
        Also signed KUNIMUNE. Small GUNOME patterns.
           See KANEMITSU School 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE KUNITSUNA
         BISHU OSAFUNE KUNIMUNE

MITSUKAGE KA-KEI (f: KUNITSUNA, t: YOSHIKAGE): From EI-WA 1375 to
        RYAKU-O 1338. YOSHIKAGE School. See KANEMITSU DEN.
        CHOJI BA and SAKA ASHI KO-MIDARE BA, CHIKAKAGE style.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MITSUKAGE                  
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU MITSUKAGE 
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