HYUGA 
                           ______
                           GESSAI(1) from CHIKUGO JI-AN 1021   
                           ___|______________ 
                           GESSAI(2) SADAYUKI EI-SHO 1046

GESSAI: SADAYUKI from CHIKUGO. Many generations, check the sword
        from time.
     GESSAI SADAYUKI
     NISHU JU MINAMOTO SADAYUKI


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AWATAGUCHI TOJIRO HISAKUNI KEN-KYU 1190
                  ___|____ 
                  HISAKUNI KO-CHO 1261
                    _|_  
                 ____|____(last of line) 
                 HISAYOSHI O-EI 1394   
Early works in YAMASHIRO style. 

               _________  
               HISATSUNA           
               ___|____ (YASUNAWA)         
               KUNIMASU YASUTSUNA O-EI 1394

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MITSUSHIGE O-EI 1394
     NISHU FUKUSHIMA JU MITSUSHIGE]
     NISHU FUKUSHIMA JUNIN MITSUSHIGE SAKU
    _________                   ___________________ _________ 
    SANEYOSHI KA-KICHI 1441     AWATAGUCHI HISAKUNI HISATSUGU 
                                            - BUN-MEI 1469 -  

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FURUYA JU                       
   |_______________________     
___|____   -brothers-   ___|____
SANEMASA  TEN-MON 1532  SANEMOTO     SANEMASA: SAKA CHOJI-MIDARE.
   |__________ __________ _________    
___|____  ____|____   ___|____  ___|____ 
SANETADA  SANEKATSU   SANEMASA  SANENAGA EI-ROKU 1558  
___|____  EI-ROKU 1558   |_____________________ 
KUNIMASA              ___|____              ___|____
   | TEN-SHO 1573     SANEHISA TEN-MON 1532 SANETADA TEN-SHO 1573
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HORIKAWA SHINANO-no-KAMI KUNIHIRO  
 TEN-SHO to KEI-CHO 1573 to 1596 
 - Founder of SHINTO HORIKAWA -

KUNIMASA TEN-SHO (f: SANETADA): RYOHAKU. TANAKA family. His son
        was the famous HORIKAWA KUNIHIRO. Normal-width TANTO. 
        SUGU GUNOME HA in KO-NIE. BONJI or simple motif HORIMONO.
        KUNIMASA resembles the earlier work of his son.



HORIKAWA Founder  * The capitol awaited our traveler *
KUNIHIRO TEN-SHO to KEI-CHO (f: KUNIMASA): TANAKAKINTARO. 
        Accepted SHINANO-no-KAMI in 1590. Running ITAME with 
        JI-NIE. MASA in the SHINOGI-JI. His early work, dubbed 
        the "TEN-SHO Period," resembles his father's. 

        -Early: SUGUGUNOME, GUNOME-MIDARE in tightly held NIOI.
        -Later: SUGU NOTARE-MIDARE  GUNOME-MIDARE, KO-MIDARE,
                O-MIDARE, and NOTARE in NIE andNIOI-FUKASHI with
                KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI. BOSHI: MIDARE NIE-KUZURE 
                - with TOGARI. KUNIHIRO died an old man in the 
                spring of 1614. See SHINTO - YAMASHIRO

                       Appraisal note - Early: Tight NIOI
                                         Late: NIOI is FUKAi

 Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro 
 Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro 

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KANETSUGU TEI-JI 1362
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KANETSUGU TEN-MON 1532

     NISHU USHIJIMA JU KANETSUGU
     NISHU USHIJIMA JU SHIKIBUnoJO KANETSUGU


EI-SHO 1504__ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ____
___|____ ____|____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ ___|___ |
SANEMARU SANESHIGE SANENARI SADANARI KUNINOBU MASAYASU MASAARI |
                                                     ________ _|
TEN-MON 1532__ ________ ________ _________      ____|____ ___|___
____|____ ____|____ ___|___ ____|____ ____|____ MASAKATSU MORINAO
YOSHIHISA SANEMITSU IYEYUKI YOSHIMUNE SHIGEATSU 


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SANENAGA SHIGEAKI OKITADA
   - EI-ROKU 1558 -

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MICHINORI KUNITOKI SANEYO SANEHIDE TEN-SHO 1573