OEI BIZEN

MORIKAGE Group Brings KOZORI IYESUKE and TSUNEIYE 
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BIZEN MOROMITSU                     IYESUKE and TSUNEIYE =
_________|____                                   EI-KYO BIZEN
OMIYA MORIKAGE(2) SHI-TOKU 1384
   |___________________________ ________________ _______________
___|____                   ____|____        ____|____           |
MORIKAGE(3) O-EI 1394      HARUMITSU        YOSHINAGA O-EI 1394 |
___|____                   O-EI 1394         ___|____           |
MORIKAGE(4) BUN-MEI 1469                     KANENAGA O-EI 1394 |
    ____________ ______________________ ________________________|
___|___      ___|____               ___|_____                    
IYESUKE(1)   IYESHIGE               HISAMITSU(2) SHO-CHO 1428    
   | - O-EI 1394 -                  ___|_____                    
   |                                HISAMITSU(3) KYO-TOKU 1452   
   |                              (f: MITSUKAGE, KANEMITSU SODEN)
   |________________________       SUE-BIZEN HISAMITSU continues 
___|___                  ___|____
IYESUKE(2) EI-KYO 1429   YASUMORI(1) SHO-CHO 1428
___|___                  ___|____
IYESUKE(3) BUN-AN 1444   YASUMORI(2) O-NIN 1467
___|___                  ___|____
IYESUKE(4) O-NIN 1467    YASUMORI(3) EI-SHO 1504

                   ________  
                   TSUNEIYE O-EI 1394    
                      |________________________   
                   ___|____                 ___|___  
                   TSUNEIYE(2) EI-KYO 1429  IYEKANE 
                   ___|____                 SHO-CHO 1428 
                   TSUNEIYE(3) BUN-MEI 1469 
                   ___|____  
                   TSUNEIYE(4) EI-SHO 1504  


MORIKAGE(2) SHI-TOKU (f: MOROMITSU): This MOROMITSU son is second
        OMIYA MORIKAGE master. See KOZORI and OMIYA

MORIKAGE(3) O-EI: From O-EI 1394 to EI-KYO 1429. KO-CHOJI from 
           GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA. BUN-MEI MORIKAGE follows.
     BISHU OSAFUNE MORIKAGE

YOSHINAGA O-EI (f: MORIKAGE): MOKUME HADA. SUGUHA, KO-MIDARE and
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA. YOSHINAGA in KYO-TOKU 1452, EI-SHO 1504
        and BUN-ROKU 1592.
     BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHINAGA
     BISHU OSAFUNE JU NAGATA HYOEnoJO FUJIWARA YOSHINAGA
     BISHU OSAFUNE JU NAGATA HYOEZAEMON FUJIWARA YOSHINAGA

KANENAGA O-EI (f: YOSHINAGA): SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
     BISHU OSAFUNE KANENAGA

IYESHIGE O-EI (t: MORIKAGE): Worked the whole O-EI time. SUGUHA
        and GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
     BISHU OSAFUNE IYESHIGE


OEI BIZEN   MORIKAGE Group - IYESUKE and TSUNEIYE

IYESUKE O-EI (t: MORIKAGE): JIROZAEMON. KOZORI Group runs smiths
        through the O-EI. O-EI style elongated O-TANTO are seen,
        but few DAITO. O-MOKUME has standing BO-UTSURI. HA-HADA
        stands in KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-MIDARE HA that may seem to
        lean. MIDARE-KOMI BOSHI. Short BIZEN NAKAGO in KURIJIRI.
        IYESUKE(2) worked through the O-EI and into EI-KYO. 
        IYESUKE(3) worked to KAN-SHO 1460 and IYESUKE(4) worked
        into the MEI-O 1492 period. 
     IYESUKE
     BISHU OSAFUNE IYESUKE
     BISHU OSAFUNE JU IYESUKE

IYESUKE(2) EI-KYO: MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
     IYESUKE
     BISHU OSAFUNE IYESUKE

YASUMORI(1) SHO-CHO (f: IYESUKE): SEIJIRO. OEI stylist making 
        MOKUME with BO-UTSURI and OEI patterned KOSHI-HIRAKI 
        GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA. 
     SEIJIRO YASUMORI
     BISHU OSAFUNE YASUMORI
     BISHU OSAFUNE SEIJIRO YASUMORI SAKU

TSUNEIYE(1) O-EI (f: KOZORI MORIKAGE): YAJIRO. KOZORI. There
        seems to be some tangled reporting on the path of this
        group's roots. TSUNEIYE springs from HATAKEDA SHO-O 
        TSUNEIYE, but the O-EI group is associated to KOZORI 
        MITSUHISA (see KOZORI - 4 brothers) or the OSAFUNE 
        HISAMITSU line. Work from the O-EI 15 to SHO-CHO. 
        HIRA-TSUKURI WAKIZASHI are seen. Mountain-shaped 
        GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE is KOSHI-HIRAKI troughed - in NIOI 
        with ASHI-IRI.
     TSUNEIYE
     BISHU OSAFUNE TSUNEIYE

IYEKANE SHO-CHO (f: TSUNEIYE): MAGOJIRO. Also said to be son of
        YOSHINAGA. GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
     BISHU OSAFUNE IYEKANE

TSUNEIYE(2) EI-KYO (f: YAJIRO TSUNEIYE): Work from EI-KYO 1429 to
        KYO-TOKU 1452. MOKUME. KO-NIE KO-GUNOME CHOJI mix.
     TSUNEIYE
     BISHU OSAFUNE TSUNEIYE

TSUNEIYE(3) BUN-MEI: Work from KAN-SHO 1460 to MEI-O 1492.
        GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA resembling SUE-BIZEN SUKEMITSU. 
     BISHU OSAFUNE TSUNEIYE
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN OSAFUNE TSUNEIYE

TSUNEIYE(4) EI-SHO: Work from EI-SHO 1504 to TAI-EI 1521 making
        swords in the SUE-BIZEN style.
     BISHU OSAFUNE TSUNEIYE SAKU


OEI BIZEN   MORIKAGE Group - IYESUKE and TSUNEIYE

HARUMITSU O-EI (t: MORIKAGE): OMIYA smith. See OMIYA
     BISHU OSAFUNE HARUMITSU

HISAMITSU(2) SHO-CHO (f: MORIKAGE): MOKUME with JI-NIE. Small
        patterned NIOI KO-GUNOME CHOJI BA. 3rd HISAMITSU's father
        was MITSUKAGE of the KANEMITSU School. Line continues in
        SUE-BIZEN.
     BISHU OSAFUNE HISAMITSU
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TOKIMITSU O-EI 1394
        KOZORI smith. MITSU form: MAN "Full cup." Moved to 
        BITCHU. Work-style of IYESUKE, standing BO-UTSURI runs
        through MOKUME. Leaning KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-MIDARE BA.
     BISHU OSAFUNE TOKIMITSU
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YUKIMASA O-EI: SHIOTA, from whence KOZORI. YUKIMASA first seen in
        KEM-MU 1334 and EN-BUN 1356. OSAFUNE smith. SUGUHA and
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
     BISHU SHIOTA YUKIMASA 

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