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BUNGO SUE-TAKADA: Shallow SORI with raised SHINOGI. Strongly made MOKUME or KO-MOKUME marked by O-HADA. SUGU-GUNOME O-MIDARE that is YAKI-KUZURE or HIRO-SUGU KUZURE BA with YO. Possibly grouped O-CHOJI MIDARE. BOSHI: KO-MARU. Significant Names: NAGAMORI _______________ SHIZUMORI TOMOYUKI School SHIZUNORI __|______ SHIZUSADA SHIGEYUKI O-AN 1368 SHIZUTOYO __|_____ ________ NAGAMORI(1) Transitor SHI-TOKU 1384 to O-EI 1394 YUKINOBU |______________________________________________ O-EI 1394 __|_____ ___|____ SADAMORI EI-KYO 1429 NAGAMORI(2) | _____________________ __________________| CHO-ROKU 1457 | ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ | NAGAYUKI MEI-O 1492 SADAMORI(1) NAGAMORI(3) | |______________ EI-SHO 1504 | EI-SHO 1504 | ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ | NAGAYUKI HARUMORI(1) EI-SHO 1504 SADAMORI(2) | TEN-MON 1532 ___|____ TEN-MON 1532 | HARUMORI(2) TEN-MON 1532 __|_____ NAGAMORI HO-TOKU 1449 |____________ _________ ______________________ __|______ ___|____ ___|____ ____|____ MORISHIGE HARUMORI HISAMORI BUN-AN 1444 SHIZUMORI O-NIN 1467 | -KA-KICHI 1441- ___|____ ____|____ | HISAMORI MEI-O 1492 SHIZUMORI EI-SHO 1504 | _________ ________________|____ | SHIZUYUKI(1) TEN-MON 1532 HIRAOKAKIBE SHIZUYUKI(2) |_______________________ TEN-SHO 1573 __|______ __|_____ MORISHIGE BUN-MEI 1469 KAGEMORI(1) KAN-SHO 1460 __|______ | MORISHIGE EI-SHO 1504 | |__________ |_________________________ __|______ ___|____ __|______ __|_____ MORISHIGE KAGEMORI(3) SHIZUTAKA(1) MEI-O 1492 KAGEMORI(2) - TEN-MON 1532 - | to TEN-MON 1532 MEI-O 1492 _______________________|__________________________ __|______ -brothers- __|______ __|______ SHIZUKAGE TEN-MON 1532 KATSUMORI EI-ROKU 1558 SHIZUTAKA(2) __|_____ __|_____ ________ BUN-ROKU 1592 SHIZUNAO MASAMORI KAGEMORI(4) TEN-SHO 1573 TEN-SHO 1573 GEN-KI 1570 YUKINOBU O-EI: SUGU KO-GUNOME HA. NAGAMORI(1) SHI-TOKU (f: SHIGEYUKI): His work is seen in O-EI as well. A keeper of traditions. In running ITAME. SUGUHA and NOTARE-GUNOME HA. NAGAMORI(2) CHO-ROKU: SUGUHA. HORIMONO. Look for thin-lined MEI. BUNGO SUE-TAKADA School NAGAMORI(3) EI-SHO: HIRA-TAKADA. Noted as the highest skilled of the HIRA-TAKADA smiths. Thought to have first signed YOSHIMORI and MOTOSUKE. There is a conflicting study of date and signature that casts doubts. JI-NIE covers standing "Turbid-white" SHIRA-KERU ITAME that runs. Strong BO-UTSURI. KO-NIE SUGU, NOTARE or GUNOME-CHOJI with KO-ASHI. KURIKARA "Dragon in a Frame" HORIMONO. SADAMORI(2) TEN-MON (f: NAGAMORI): HIRA-TAKADA. HIKOSUKE. Shallow with elongated KISSAKI. ITAME with MASAME. KO-NIE SUGU GUNOME HA with ASHI. (1st SHIZUMORI O-NIN 1467) NAGAYUKI MEI-O: MOKUME with MASAME. GUNOME in NOTARE line. HARUMORI(1) EI-SHO (f: NAGAYUKI): NAGAMORI School. Running ITAME. KO-NIE SUGUHA and NOTARE BA. 2nd: TEN-MON 1532. HARUMORI(1) BUN-GI: HIRA-TAKADA. SUGUHA and GUNOME with KO-ASHI in NOTARE like line. 2nd in EI-ROKU 1558. NAGAMORI HO-TOKU: Running MOKUME. ASAKI-NOTARE GUNOME KO-MIDARE. HISAMORI BUN-AN (t: NAGAMORI): SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE. MORISHIGE KA-KICHI (t: NAGAMORI): SUGUHA and GUNOME patterns. KAGEMORI KAN-SHO (f: MORISHIGE): From EI-KYO. SUGU and GUNOME HA. KAGEMORI TEN-MON (f: MORISHIGE): BUNJIRO and TAROZAEMON. GUNOME-CHOJI BA. SHIZUTAKA(1) MEI-O (f: KAGEMORI): HIRA-TAKADA. Tightly defined NIOI calls SUGU KO-MIDARE or KO-GUNOME MIDARE having strong KOSHIBA. HIRO-SUGU GUNOME HA with YO. BOSHI is MIDARE with TSUKI-AGE KAERI. KATSUMORI EI-ROKU (br: SHIZUKAGE): HIRA-TAKADA. SUGU KO-GUNOME or varied GUNOME patterns. MASAMORI TEN-SHO (f: KATSUMORI): Made SUGUHA and GUNOME HA. SHIZUMORI MEI-O: Under HO-TOKU NAGAMORI. Starts in O-NIN 1467. A confusion of dates arise as SHIZUMORI is the noted source of the SHIZU name passed among the SUE-TAKADA. It is said it was conferred by OTOMO YOSHISHIZU (who became SORIN, the OTOMO marshaler of KYUSHU). However, his birth in 1530 prevents his being a provider of name before that time. SUGU KO-MIDARE in tightly defined NIOI. Second man marks EI-SHO 1504 to TEN-MON 1532. MORIKAGE EI-SHO: SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. SHIZUYUKI(1) TEN-MON: GUNOME-MIDARE in NOTARE BA. |
_______ MORIIYE O-EI 1394 ____|__ MORIIYE KA-KICHI 1441 ____|__ MORIIYE BUN-GI 1501 ____|__ MORIIYE EI-SHO 1504 MORIIYE O-EI: TAKADA. MOKUME HADA. SUGUHA, NOTARE BA and GUNOME-CHOJI BA. MORIIYE BUN-GI: SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE. _______ _______ IYEMORI(1) MEI-O 1492 IYEMORI TEN-MON 1532 ___|___ HIRA-TAKADA. SUGU KUZURE BA IYEMORI(2) TAI-EI 1521 with ASHI and GUNOME-MIDARE. ___|___ Two-character MEI is usual. IYEMORI(3) KO-JI 1555 IYEMORI(1) MEI-O: ITAME. SUGU KO-MIDARE and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. ________ KAGENAGA EI-KYO 1429 ___|____ KAGENAGA KYO-ROKU 1528 ___|____ KAGENAGA EI-ROKU 1558 KAGENAGA EI-KYO: Running ITAME with MASAME. SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. _________ _________ ________ MORISHIZU SHO-CHO 1428 SHIZUNAGA(1) NAGAMORI(1) KO-SHO 1455 ____|____ ____|____ ___|____ MORISHIZU BUN-AN 1444 SHIZUNAGA(2) NAGAMORI(2) BUN-GI 1501 ____|____ EI-ROKU 1558 ___|____ MORISHIZU BUN-MEI 1469 NAGAMORI(3) TEN-MON 1532 |______________________ ___|_____ ____|____ ____|____ SHIZUNAGA(3) TEN-SHO 1573 SHIZUMORI EI-SHO 1504 SHIZUTOKI MORISHIZU SHO-CHO: HIRA-TAKADA. SUGU, KO-MIDARE and SUGU-NOTARE. NAGAMORI(1) KO-SHO: MOKUME with MASAME. SUGU KO-MIDARE, GUNOME patterns within NOTARE shaped line. _______ NAOMORI(1) O-NIN 1467 ___|___ NAOMORI(2) TEN-MON 1532 NAOMORI(1) O-NIN: Work starts in KYO-TOKU 1452. SHIRA-KE running ITAME with MASAME HADA. KO-NIE SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE where HOTSURE flags running SUNAGASHI. |
_______ MORIIYE(1) O-NIN 1467 |____________ _________ _________ ___|___ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ MORIIYE(2) MORISADA SADAMORI SADAMORI BUN-GI 1501 - EI-SHO 1504 - BUN-MEI 1469 MORISADA(1) EI-SHO (f: MORIIYE): HIRA-TAKADA. Work from BUN-MEI. MORISADA(2) TEN-MON: HIRA-TAKADA. KO-NIE DEKI ASAKI-NOTARE holds GUNOME-MIDARE. SADAMORI EI-SHO: Work to TAI-EI 1521. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA with ASHI and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. SADAMORI BUN-MEI: MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and GUNOME. YUKIMITSU O-NIN: MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and GUNOME HA. _________ MORITSUNE(1) KYO-ROKU 1528 ____|____ MORITSUNE(2) EI-ROKU 1558 MORITSUNE(2) EI-ROKU: HIRA-TAKADA. SHIRA-KE ITAME with MASAME. KO-NIE on defined NIOI GUNOME that resides in NOTARE. ________ FUSAMORI(1) MEI-O 1492 ___|____ FUSAMORI: HIRA-TAKADA stylists FUSAMORI(2) TEN-MON 1532 |________________________ ___|_____ - brothers - ___|____ SHIZUNOBU EI-ROKU 1558 TOYOMASA TEN-SHO 1573 ________ Descendants work in SHINTO TOYOMORI EI-ROKU 1558 _________ MORISHIGE(1) BUN-MEI 1469 ____|____ MORISHIGE(2) MEI-O 1492 MORISHIGE: From CHIKUZEN. 1st: BUNGO-no-KUNI JU MINAMOTO 2nd: HOSHU TAKADA JU MINAMOTO ________ MORIMASA BUN-GI 1501: KONGOBYOE smith from CHIKUZEN. ITAME HADA. SUGUHA with HOTSURE. SOTOBA NAKAGO. See CHIKUZEN. _________ YOSHIYUKI EI-SHO 1504: SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. _________ YOSHIMORI(1) TEN-MON 1532 YOSHIMORI: HIRA-TAKADA stylists. ____|____ YOSHIMORI(2) GEN-KI 1570 |
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_________ SHIZUNARI TEN-MON 1532 SHIZUNARI TEN-MON: HIRA-TAKADA. HIRO-SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. _________ _________ SHIZUNORI(1) TEN-MON 1532 SHIZUSADA(1) KO-JI 1555 ____|____ ____|____ SHIZUNORI(2) EI-ROKU 1558 SHIZUSADA(2) TEN-MON 1532 SHIZUNORI(1) TEN-MON: Strongly made KO-MOKUME with O-HADA. MASAME in the SHINOGI-JI. HAMON: MIDARE KO-TOGARI KO-MIDARE, KAKU and CHOJI BA with YO in NIE and NIOI-FUKASHI. KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI. Deep KAERI. SHIZUNORI(2) EI-ROKU: Work through TEN-SHO 1573. KO-MIDARE GUNOME CHOJI BA, SUGUHA with ASHI. GUNOME with valleys. SHIZUSADA TEN-MON: HIRA-TAKADA. SUGUHA, NOTARE line of GUNOME HA. SHIZUSADA(1) KO-JI: HIRA-TAKADA. SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. SHIZUTOYO TEN-SHO: HIRA-TAKADA. HIRO-SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE in defined NIOI. SHIGEAKI TEN-MON: HIRA-TAKADA. Moved in later life (EI-ROKU 1558) to HYUGA. AKIMORI TEN-MON: Said to be a later signature of NAGAMORI. SUGUHA and GUNOME HA. AKITADA TEN-MON: KO-ITAME. SUGUHA and GUNOME HA, GUNOME O-MIDARE or HITATSURA BA. _______ AKIYUKI(1) KO-JI 1555 ___|___ AKIYUKI(2) EI-ROKU 1558 ___|___ AKIYUKI(3) TEN-SHO 1573 AKIYUKI(1) KO-JI: TAKADA HA. CHU-SUGUHA with ASHI, GUNOME HA. _______ AKITOYO EI-ROKU 1558: KO-ITAME. SUGUHA with ASHI, KO-MIDARE BA, GUNOME-MIDARE or HITATSURA. ________ AKISHIGE EI-ROKU 1558: ITAME HADA. SUGU KO-MIDARE, GUNOME-MIDARE. _______ AKINARI EI-ROKU 1558: ITAME. SUGU KO-MIDARE and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. ________ NAGAYUKI(1) EI-ROKU 1558: TAKADA. KO-ITAME with thin JI-NIE veil. SUGUHA and tightly defined NIOI GUNOME-MIDARE with YO. Line is uneven. BOSHI: Long falling KAERI. Descendants work in SHINTO. |
BUNGO SUE-TAKADA School _________ _________ SHIZUKIYO EI-SHO 1504 MORITSUGU(1)MEI-O 1492 ____|____ ____|____ SHIZUKIYO TEN-SHO 1573 MORITSUGU(2) TEN-MON 1532 _________ ________ MORITSUGU TAI-EI 1521 MORITAKA(1) EI-SHO 1504 ____|____ ___|____ SHIZUSUKE TEN-MON 1532 MORITAKA(2) TEN-SHO 1573 ________ _________ SADAYUKI(1) TEN-MON 1532 SHIZUTANE(1) TEN-MON 1532 ___|____ ____|____ SADAYUKI(2) TEN-SHO 1573 SHIZUTANE(2) EI-ROKU 1558 SADAYUKI(1) TEN-MON: HIRA-TAKADA. Running SHIRA-KE ITAME that stands. KO-NIE and NIOI DEKI SUGU KO-GUNOME HA. _________ SHIZUHISA EI-ROKU 1558 SHIZUHISA EI-ROKU: Also IYO. HIRA-TAKADA. First signed MORINAWA. Posthumous name is RENSUKE. Longish 9 SUN HIRA-TSUKURI TANTO. SHIRA-KE ITAME with MASAME HADA. KO-NIE GUNOME- MIDARE. "KURIKARA in a Frame" Dragon HORIMONO. ________ TAKATOYO TEN-SHO 1573: HIRA-TAKADA. KO-ITAME shows MASAME in the SHINOGI. KO-NIE NOTARE-MIDARE and GUNOME-CHOJI BA. _________ _________ SHIZUHIDE(1) TEN-MON 1532 SHIZUTADA(1) TEN-MON 1532 ____|____ ____|____ SHIZUHIDE(2) EI-ROKU 1558 SHIZUTADA(2) TEN-SHO 1573 ____|____ SHIZUHIDE(3) TEN-SHO 1573 SHIZUTADA: HIRA-TAKADA. GUNOME, NOTARE and KO-CHOJI patterns. SHIZUHIDE EI-ROKU: FUJIWARA TAKADA. ASAKI-NOTARE line of GUNOME- MIDARE within. NORISHIGE EI-ROKU: FUJIWARA TAKADA. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGUHA and GUNOME. ________ MUNEYUKI(1) TEN-SHO 1573: FUJIWARA TAKADA. His MUNE said a gift of the OTOMO. An honor, as it is YOSHIMUNE's, the DAIMYO of TEN-SHO BUNGO. Made SUGUHA. His descendants work in SHINTO. ________ MUNEKAGE BUN-ROKU 1592: Another who enjoyed the gift of his master's name, the MUNE of OTOMO YOSHIMUNE. ITAME HADA with MASAME shows JI-NIE. Tightly defined NIOI HIRO- SUGUHA is KO-MIDARE with ASHI and YO. GUNOME-MIDARE HA. MUNEKAGE is considered the outstanding artist among his late HIRA-TAKADA peers. Descendants in SHINTO. |
BUNGO SUE-TAKADA School ________ TOMOMORI TEN-SHO 1573 TOMOMORI TEN-SHO: HIRA-TAKADA. ___|____ SUGUHA and GUNOME HA. SHIZUOKA TEN-SHO 1573 O-EI 1394 KA-KICHI 1441 ________ _________ _EN-TOKU 1489 ___|___ ___|____ ____|____ ___|________|____ ___|____ MORIHIDE NAGAHIRO MORISHIGE MORIYUKI MORIMITSU SHIZUIYE BUN-MEI 1469__ _________ MEI-O 1492_____ __________ ____|____ ___|____ ___|____ __|______ ____|____ ____|____ SHIZUNORI MORIHISA MORISADA MORISHIGE SHIZUTAKA SHIZUKATA ________ _______ _________ SHIZUTEI MORIIYE MORIMITSU BUN-GI 1501 EI-SHO 1504_ ________ _________ ________ ________ _________ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ ____|____ ___|____ ___|____ ____|_____ MORIYASU MORITAKA MORIMUNE MORISHIGE MORIKUNI MORITADA SHIZUSHIGE ________ ________ _________ ________ MORIFUSA KYO-ROKU 1528 MORIHISA SHIZUYASU MORITANE TAI-EI 1521 TEN-MON 1532_ _________ _____ ____ _____ _____ _____ ____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ | ___|____ | ____|____ | ___|____ SHIGEAKI MORIZANE MORIHARU | MORINAGA | MORITSUGU | MORISADA ____|____ ___|____ ___|____ MORIMICHI MORITOMO MORIMOTO KO-JI 1555____ _________ ________ ________ ________ ____|____ ____|____ ____|____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ SHIZUNARI MORIYOSHI MORITSUNA MORINORI MORINOBU SUYEMORI EI-ROKU 1558 |_________ ___________ _____ _____ ___________ _________ ____|____ ____|____ _____|____ | ____|_____ ____|____ ___|____ SHIZUMOTO SHIZUHIRO SHIZUTSUGU | SHIZUMITSU SHIZUHISA MORIHIRO ___|____ MORIMASA GEN-KI 1570 _________| TEN-SHO 1573 _____|____ ___|____ |______ ____ _____ ____ _____ SHIZUTSUGU MORINOBU ____|_____ | ___|____ | ___|____ |____ _____ ____ ______ _____ SHIZUTSUGU | MORIFUSA | MORINAGA | ___|____ | ___|____ | ___|__ ___|____ ____|____ | MORIKATA | MORIKAGE | MORITO MORINAGA SHIZUNAGA ____|____ ____|____ | SHIZUTARU MORISHIZU | ___________| ____|____ ____|____ MORISHIGE SHIZUNAGA |
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