Very slightly curved KATANA in KO-ITAME with MASAME and JI-NIE.
KO-NIE and NIOI-DEKI HOSO-SUGU, KO-MIDARE or KO-GUNOME with ASHI.
Note: YOSHISADA starts the TSUKUSHI RYOKAI. See BUNGO and BUZEN
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RYOKAI(1) EI-NIN 1293
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HISANOBU (RYOKAI 2) EN-KEI 1308 KUNIHISA SHO-KEI 1332
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__|______ ___|____ ___|____ ____|____
NOBUMITSU NOBUHISA HISAKUNI GEN-TOKU YOSHISADA(1)
| - KEM-MU 1334 - ___|____ 1329 | RYAKU-O 1338
__|______ HISAKUNI TEI-JI 1362 |
NOBUMITSU MEI-TOKU 1390 _________ _________ | _____________
__|______ YOSHIYUKI HISAMITSU | RAI MITSUNOBU
NOBUYOSHI EI-KYO 1429 - EI-TOKU 1381 - | KA-KEI 1387
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__________|____ ___|____ ____|____
BUNGO YOSHIZANE(1) NAOYOSHI YOSHISADA(2) O-AN 1368
| O-EI 1394 KA-KEI 1387 ____|____
|_____________ YOSHISADA(3) O-EI 1394
__________|____ ____|____ ____|____
BUZEN YOSHIZANE(2) HIDEYOSHI SHO-CHO 1428 YOSHISADA(4)
BUN-MEI 1469 ____|___ BUN-AN 1444
IYEMITSU KYO-TOKU 1452
_________ ________ _________ _________ _________ ________ ________
YOSHINOBU IYEYOSHI KUNITOSHI YOSHISUMI YOSHINORI NOBUYUKI HARUYUKI
- O-EI 1394 -
_________ _________ _________ ________ __________
NOBUMITSU MORIMITSU YOSHIKAZU KUNIYUKI YOSHITSUGU
EI-KYO 1429 KA-KICHI 1441 BUN-MEI 1469 - MEI-O 1492 -
_________ _________ _________ _________ __________ _________
HIRAYOSHI SADAYOSHI FUSAYOSHI YOSHIKANE TSUNEYOSHI SADAYOSHI
- EI-SHO 1504 - - TAI-EI 1521 - KO-JI 1555
RYOKAI School
RYOKAI(1) EI-NIN (f: RAI KUNITOSHI): See RAI School.
HISANOBU EN-KEI (f: RYOKAI): Same as RYOKAI(2). KUROZAEMON.
Following the death of his father his work became known
as equal. See RYOKAI(2) following
RYOKAI(2) GEN-TOKU (f: RYOKAI 1, br: KUNIHISA): KUROZAEMONnoJO.
This is the same name as HISANOBU. There are few two-
character RYOKAI signatures known. Often, works of
HISANOBU or KUNIHISA are attributed. The work spans to
GEN-TOKU 1329. A sword inscribed, KUROZAEMONnoJO from
KA-GEN 2 (1309) resides at the ATSUKA DAI-JINGU Shrine.
He made TACHI, TANTO and NAGINATA. KO-ITAME with JI-NIE
over RYOKAI-style SHIRA-KERU steel. RAI "Weak-skin"
dappling helps create a varying UTSURI. KO-NIE and NIOI
define KO-NOTARE wherein KO-GUNOME MIDARE with ASHI is
found. MIDARE KO-MARU BOSHI.
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