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BIZEN
OSAFUNE NAGAMITSU School - SANEMITSU
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SANEMITSU(1) SHO-O 1288
|__________________________ ________________________
___|_____ ____|_____ ___|_____
SANEMITSU(2) SHO-KEI TOSHIMITSU (TOSHI: GO) MITSUNAGA
___|_____ 1332 | GEN-KYO 1321 EN-BUN 1356
SANEMITSU(3) |__________________________
MEI-TOKU 1390 ____|_____ ___|_____
TOSHIMITSU(1) (TOSHI: I) SHIGENORI
__________ | TEI-JI 1362 EN-BUN 1356
TSUNEYOSHI SHI-TOKU 1384 |______________________
____|_____ ____|_____ ___________|____
TOSHIMITSU(3) O-EI 1394 TOSHIMITSU(2) YOSHII MITSUNORI
____|_____ SHI-TOKU 1384 O-AN 1368
TOSHIMITSU(4) EI-KYO 1429
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TOSHIMITSU(5) BUN-MEI 1469
SANEMITSU(1) SHO-O (f: NAGAMITSU): Son and student. SUGATA: Mid
to late KAMAKURA transition. His traditional date has
been SHO-O 1288 past SHO-WA 1312. His swords resemble
NAGAMITSU. MOKUME HADA has MIDARE-UTSURI. Complex
patterned CHOJI-MIDARE becomes SAKA. 2nd and 3rd
SANEMITSU follow in SHO-KEI 1332 and MEI-TOKU 1390.
MEI: SANEMITSU
BISHU OSAFUNE SANEMITSU
BIZEN OSAFUNE JU SAKON SHOGEN TAIRA SANEMITSU
TOSHIMITSU GEN-KYO (t: NAGAMITSU, f: SANEMITSU): From BUN-PO 1317.
His TOSHI form: GO "Trailing." SUGU CHOJI-MIDARE BA with
ASHI. A TOSHIMITSU in TEI-WA finds YOSHII and SUE-BIZEN
TOSHIMITSU signed: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU TOSHIMITSU
TOSHIMITSU(1) TEI-JI (t: NAGAMITSU, f: TOSHIMITSU): TOSHI form: I
"Gain" MOKUME HADA. Small pattern GUNOME KO-CHOJI BA.
MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU
TOSHIMITSU(2) SHI-TOKU (f: TOSHIMITSU 1): Swords are found from
SHI-TOKU 1384 to KA-KEI 1387 period. MOKUME. GUNOME-
CHOJI BA.
MEI: TOSHIMITSU
BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU
TOSHIMITSU(3) O-EI (f: TSUNEYOSHI): Perhaps BO-HI. O-EI style,
distinct BO-UTSURI runs on standing KO-MOKUME HADA.
NIOI-DEKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA. MIDARE-BOSHI has slight KAERI
or drops in an ICHIMONJI-KAERI.
See O-EI BIZEN - TOSHIMITSU
MEI: TOSHIMITSU
BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU
MITSUNAGA EN-BUN (f: SANEMITSU): MOKUME. GUNOME-MIDARE, CHOJI BA.
MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI JU MITSUNAGA
