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YAMASHIRO RYOKAI School
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 ______ RYOKAI(1) EI-NIN 1293 |__________________________________ __|_____ - brothers - ___|____ HISANOBU (RYOKAI 2) EN-KEI 1308 KUNIHISA SHO-KEI 1332 |___________ __________ _____________________ __|______ ___|____ ___|____ ____|____ 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 _________________ __________________| __________|____ ___|____ ____|____ 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 - 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 |
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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. |
YAMASHIRO RYOKAI School
NOBUHISA KEM-MU: Either son of HISANOBU or his brother KUNIHISA. He changed his name to NOBUKUNI and found the NOBUKUNI School. See NOBUKUNI School following NOBUMITSU KEM-MU (f: HISANOBU): Strongly SHIRA-KE KO-ITAME has MASAME. HOSO-SUGUHA in KO-NIE. YOSHISADA(1) RYAKU-O (t: HISANOBU): SHIRA-KE KO-ITAME of MASAME is veiled in JI-NIE. KO-NIE KO-NOTARE drifts gently. BOSHI: KO-MARU KAERI. YOSHISADA(2) O-AN (f: YOSHISADA 1): To KYUSHU for TSUKUSHI RYOKAI First master with the RAI message for BUNGO. SHIRA-KE KO-ITAME veiled in JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA. YOSHISADA(3) O-EI: TSUKUSHI RYOKAI. First flush in BUNGO dies away slowly as KYUSHU smiths jockey in new provinces. See BUNGO and BUZEN YOSHIZANE(1) O-EI (f: YOSHISADA): TSUKUSHI RYOKAI. Work begins in MEI-TOKU 1390. SHIRA-KE KO-ITAME of MASAME has JI-NIE. KO-NIE SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. YOSHIZANE O-NIN: SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. NAOYOSHI KA-KEI (f: YOSHISADA): MOKUME with MASAME. KO-MIDARE BA. NOBUYUKI O-EI: Moved to KYUSHU. MOKUME with MASAME. KO-MIDARE BA. IYEYOSHI(1) O-EI: Moved to BUNGO. KO-NIE SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. HIDEYOSHI SHO-CHO (f: YOSHIZANE): Moved to BUNGO for the TSUKUSHI RYOKAI. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. IYEMITSU KYO-TOKU (f: HIDEYOSHI): Went with his father to KYUSHU. KO-MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. MITSUNOBU KA-KEI: RAI MITSUSADA. MOKUME with MASAME. CHOJI BA. YOSHIYUKI EI-TOKU: KO-MOKUME. SUGUHA and KO-GUNOME HA. HARUYUKI O-EI: MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. KUNITOSHI O-EI: HOSO-SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. RYO KUNITOSHI RYOKAI KUNITOSHI HISAKUNI GEN-TOKU: SUGUHA with ASHI. HISAMITSUU EI-TOKU: Tight HADA. Slight undulation to medium line of MIDARE or KO-GUNOME MIDSARE BA. Possible TOGARI. HISAMITSU MORIMITSU KA-KICHI: MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. YOSHIMASA KYO-TOKU: CHOJI BA. MEI: NOBUKUNI YOSHIMASA FUSAYOSHI EI-SHO: Same as KIYOHARU. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. YOSHIKANE TAI-EI: MOKUME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. TSUNEYOSHI TAI-EI: MOKUME. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. |
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