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OEI: A major marker in the long OSAFUNE master line. Graceful Kamakura Sugata returns. SUNNOBI-TSUKURI "Stretched" TANTO or short swords are seen. The O-EI is marked by the lively, exuberant HAMON patterns of KANEMITSU descendant, MORIMITSU, the new BIZEN star. His KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA ignites the country. |
Technical: SUGATA - Some TACHI but mostly KOSHIZORI KATANA. Graceful tapering finds a small or medium BIZEN KISSAKI. The blades have a certain thickness when compared with KANEMITSU school. Note: O-EI shows a sudden rise in BO-HI. Wide and thin grooves abound. Deeply carved SU-KEN and BONJI abound. Note: 1 SHAKU 2 or so SUN, thick and noticeably narrow KO-WAKIZASHI, called SUNNOBI -TSUKURI appearing to be an altered NAMBOKUCHO DAMBIRA is peculiar to the O-EI and known as the OEI BIZEN O-TANTO. SUNNOBI-TSUKURI = OEI. HADA - MOKUME with O-MOKUME or ITAME MOKUME mix is pronounced. OEI BIZEN known for BO-UTSURI. HAMON - NIOI-DEKI. KOSHI-HIRAKI "Open-valleys" GUNOME and grouped GUNOME-CHOJI BA may appear NOTARE-like on evenly-spaced, thumb sized swells with ASHI and YO. Some HOTSURE or UCHINOKE like forms. BOSHI - Like KANEMITSU, MIDARE with some TOGARI and some MARU. Short KAERI (turnback). NAKAGO - Usually BIZEN NAKAGO with long signatures and dates. Legend states that signatures of the Three MITSUs, MOROMITSU - MORIMITSU - YASUMITSU were signed (or seem signed) by the same hand. OEI BIZEN: -Classic SUGATA / OEI BIZEN O-TANTO -BO-UTSURI * The Three MITSUs * -KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA MOROMITSU _______________ MORIMITSU KANEMITSU SODEN YASUMITSU ____|____ TOMOMITSU (br: O-KANEMITSU) |_________________________ ____|____ ____|____ MOROMITSU MORIMITSU(1) _________________ |_________________________ KOZORI SHIGEYOSHI ____|____ ________________|____ ______________|____ MOROMITSU(2) SHURInoSUKE MORIMITSU(2) UEMONnoJO YASUMITSU(1) ____|____ ________________|____ ____________________ MORIMITSU(3) SAKYOnoSUKE YASUMITSU(2) IYESUKE and TSUNEIYE ____________________ SHINZAEMON SANEMITSU Note: O-EI is a time. OEI BIZEN is a school and style. |
OEI BIZEN OEI MORIMITSU The Three MITSUs _______________ KANEMITSU SODEN ___|___________ OEI BIZEN SODEN TOMOMITSU EN-BUN 1356 (br: O-KANEMITSU) "The Three MITSUs" |____________________ __________________________________ ___|_____ ___|_____ ___________|_____ MOROMITSU(1) MORIMITSU(1) EI-TOKU TADAMITSU | EI-TOKU 1381 SHI-TOKU 1384 __________________|_____ | GOROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU |__________________________________ _________________________ ___|_____ __________|___ | MOROMITSU(2) O-EI 1394 OMIYA MORIKAGE(2) SHI-TOKU 1384 | ___|_____ |__________ ________ | MOROMITSU(3) HO-TOKU 1449 __________|__ ____|____ ___|___ | ___|_____ OEI MOERIKAGE(3) HARUMITSU IYESUKE | MOROMITSU(4) MEI-O 1492 - See OEI MORIKAGE Group - | _________________________ __________________| _______________|_____ - brothers - ___|______ SHURINOSUKE MORIMITSU(2) O-EI 1394 YOSHIMITSU(1) O-EI 1394 _________|_____________ __________ ___________________ ___|___ ___|_____ ___|_____ ___|____ | MORIUJI MORIMITSU(3) MORISHIGE MORIMOTO(4) | O-EI 1394 - EI-KYO 1429 - ___________________| ____|___ KUNISUKE KA-KEI 1387 ____|____ KUNIMITSU(1) OEI period ____|____ KUNIMITSU(2) SHO-CHO 1428 Note: MOROMITSU son, MORIKAGE is second OMIYA stylist - see OEI MORIKAGE Group, OMIYA and KOZORI IYESUKE OEI BIZEN Roots: The SODEN TOMOMITSU EN-BUN (f: KAGEMITSU, br: KANEMITSU): Student of his elder brother and therefore considered a member of the SODEN. See KANEMITSU School TADAMITSU(4) EI-TOKU (t: TOMOMITSU): Possibly GOROZAEMON, or the father of GOROZAEMON, from TOMOMITSUs' KANEMITSU SODEN. The 5th TADAMITSU, IYEMORI son, JIROZAEMON, touches KOZORI before the line flows to SUE-BIZEN. ] See KANEMITSU School, KOZORI IYEMORI and SUE-BIZEN GOROZAEMON TADAMITSU O-EI: A prolific maker, this last of the SODEN line resides in the O-EI. MOKUME HADA. CHOJI BA. BISHU OSAFUNE GOROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU |
OEI BIZEN - MORIMITSU The Three MITSUs The Three MITSUs MOROMITSU(1) EI-TOKU (f: TOMOMITSU): EI-TOKU 1381 to MEI-TOKU 1390. Brings KANEMITSU roots for the OEI masters.Father of OEI MORIMITSU. MOKUME HADA. NOKOBA and GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE with ASHI. MIDARE-BOSHI to KO-MARU. MOROMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE MOROMITSU MOROMITSU(2) O-EI (f: MOROMITSU 1): from O-EI 20 to EI-KYO 1429. OEI style GUNOME-MIDARE BA undulates gently. BISHU OSAFUNE MOROMITSU MORIMITSU(1) SHI-TOKU (f: TOMOMITSU, br: MOROMITSU): Younger son of TOMOMITSU, MOROMITSU is the elder brother. Work from O-AN 1368 to the O-EI. MOKUME HADA. O-MIDARE BA. Said to have signed mostly two character MEI. MORIMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMITSU KUNISUKE KA-KEI (t: MORIMITSU): From BITCHU to the OEI. EI-TOKU 1381 to MEI-TOKU 1390. OEI smith, OEI style. BISHU OSAFUNE KUNISUKE GOROSABURO NYUDO KUNISUKE KUNIMITSU(1) OEI (t: KUNISUKE): MOKUME HADA. KOSHIHIRAKE GUNOME- MIDARE BA in the OEI style. BISHU OSAFIUNE KUNIMITSU BIZENnoKUNI JUNIN KUNIMITSU KUNIMITSU(2): SHO-CHO: OEI stylist with his father. BISHU OSAFUNE KUNIMITSU |
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MORIMITSU "The Three MITSUs" "The Three MITSUs" MORIMITSU(2) O-EI: SHURInoSUKE. Noted as working from O-EI 10, 1403 through O-EI 31, 1424. His father is accepted as MOROMITSU. Other stories state MORIMITSU(1), the father and another has YASUMITSU his brother - both erroneous. MORIMITSU returned the grandeur of KAMAKURA style, lost of the NAMBOKUCHO. He birthed the OEI renaissance and his work is considered the highest development and hallmark of the time. - CHU-KISSAKI TACHI. Some SAKI-ZORI. - 1 SHAKU 3 to 4 SUN, HIRA-TSUKURI WAKIZASHI - 1 SHAKU 6 to 7 SUN, SHINOGI-TSUKURI WAKIZASHI - 9 SUN, MU-SORI TANTO FUNBARI TACHI or KATANA style that remains strong to the KISSAKI. Note: Famous OEI BIZEN TANTO style is the elongated SUN-NOBI TSUKURI or seemingly "Stretched." Simple HORIMONO can be BO-HI, BO-HI ni SOE-BI, SU-KEN and BONJI. HI resolves in MARU-DOME. -Standing ITAME - MOKUME mix that shows JI-NIE and the OEI BIZEN mark of BO-UTSURI which, with MORIMITSU, undulates gently, teasing the tops along his HAMON. -NIOI-DEKI KOSHI-HIRAKI "Open-waisted" or open-troughed GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA with ASHI and YO. It is noted that the MORIMITSU HAMON will show a dynamic rise and fall of figures with rounded tops when compared with OEI BIZEN YASUMITSU, where an even height has TOGARI marking the line. -BOSHI: GUNOME falls to SUGUHA that finds KO-MARU, or MIDARE-KOMI. Note: An often repeated claim states an O-EI sword signer inscribed for many including all of The Three MITSUs. See OEI YASUMITSU, following. MORIMITSU SHURInoSUKE MORIMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORIMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE SHURInoSUKE MORIMITSU MORIMITSU: - Strong SUGATA to the KISSAKI. - Rounded, almost billowing KOSHI-HIRAKI "Wide-troughed" GUNOME/CHOJI MIDARE BA - ASHI and YO YASUMITSU: - A comparative narrowing in the MONOUCHI - An evenly laid, somewhat simpler pattern with TOGARI - Fewer ASHI and YO, more TAMA and TOBI |
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OEI BIZEN - MORIMITSU School YOSHIMITSU(1) O-EI (br: MORIMITSU): YOSHI form: GA "Celebration." Another last of the SODEN, he is the father of KANSHO UEMONnoJO YOSHIMITSU. See SUE-BIZEN MOKUME. YAKIBA: NIOI GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA. Signed small. BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE YOSHIMITSU BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU YOSHIMITSU MORIMITSU(3) EI-KYO (f: MORIMITSU 2): MOKUME. HAMON resembles his father's KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA. BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMITSU MORIMITSU(4) MEI-O: MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-TOGARI BA. BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMITSU BISHU OSAFUNE JU MORIMITSU MORIMOTO(4) EI-KYO (t: MORIMITSU): MORI form: SHU "Protector." MOKUME. KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-MIDARE HA. 5th MORIMOTO in KAN-SHO 1460. BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMOTO MORISHIGE EI-KYO (f: MORIMITSU): Held to be his father's choice. His name is followed into the SUE-BIZEN. MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-CHOJI BA with ASHI-IRI. MORISHIGE BISHU OSAFUNE MORISHIGE |
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