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The Eight DO
SANYODO - The Eight Roads of KOTO

BITCHU KO-AOE 
~First Fork~
TSUNETSUGU School 

TSUNETSUGU(1): "Ten Sons" SHO-GEN GOBAN - 5th month. Narrow, deep
        SORI KAMAKURA TACHI - KO-KISSAKI with strong FUNBARI.
        ITAME with JI-NIE. CHIJI-MEN "Bunched-thread" and SUMI
        HADA. KO-CHOJI KO-MIDARE or SAKA-ASHI CHOJI-MIDARE in
        KO-NIE. BOSHI: MIDARE YAKIZUME. BITCHU-no-KAMI title.
    MEI: TSUNETSUGU

TSUNETSUGU(2) KEN-RYAKU: ITAME. SUGU GUNOME HA with ASHI.
    MEI: TSUNETSUGU

YASUTSUGU TEM-PUKU (f: TSUNETSUGU): YASU form: KO "Peace." ITAME
  (YASU)  HADA shows strongly standing, dappled JI-NIE UTSURI.
        NIE KO-MIDARE BA has KINSUJI. GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE with
        SAKA-ASHI has NIE.
    MEI: YASU
         BITCHU-no-KUNI YASUTSUGU

TSUNETSUGU(3) KEN-CHO (f: YASUTSUGU): KO-ITAME with dappled 
        JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI SUGU KO-MIDARE and KO-CHOJI patterns
        with stronger NIE. BOSHI: with little turnback.
    MEI: TSUNETSUGU

YASUTSUGU KEN-RYAKU (f: MORITSUGU): "Ten Sons" Wide bladed 
        CHU-KISSAKI TACHI with deep KOSHIZORI. His blade-shape
        shows the style transition of mid-KAMAKURA. KO-ITAME,
        MOKUME with CHIJI-MEN "Bunched-thread." JI-NIE UTSURI
        stands out. CHOJI-MIDARE with ASHI and YO. HAMON shows
        scattered NIJUBA effects. NIE. KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI.
        BOSHI is NIJU MIDARE with KO-MARU to YAKIZUME. KURI-JIRI
        NAKAGO with O-SUJIKAI YASURI. Large two-character MEI in
        thick strokes.
    MEI: YASUTSUGU

SANETSUGU KEN-RYAKU (f: MORITSUGU): "Ten Sons" From KEN-EI 1206
        to TEI-O 1222. ITAME.HOSO-SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA.
    MEI: SANETSUGU

JUZUMARU "Five Great Swords" - Sword of NICHIREN "The Sun-Lotus"

JUZUMARU TSUNETSUGU

       NAGASA: 2 SHAKU 7.6 SUN             MOTO-HABA: 1.2 SUN
         SORI: 1 SUN                       SAKI-HABA: 6 BU
       NAKAGO: 7.9 SUN

The revered NICHIREN, predictor of the future - Mongol Invasions, 
wore his JUZU rosary string about this sword as a public and political 
display

~ the rosary and the sword

SUGATA: Thick support to the broad KO-KISSAKI, and a graceful balance,
        defeat the eye before its great length. Continuous and marked
        FUNBARI appears subtle throughout the deep curve.
        Strong MIDARE-UTSURI wafts through KO-ITAME. JI-NIE.
        A long undulation of line varies the SUGU-like KO-CHOJI MIDARE,
        which pushes and leans with deep-falling NIOI-ASHI. Pattern
        becomes almost KUZURE in places. MURA KO-NIE. HOSO-SUGU BOSHI
        now falling on the HA. KO-MARU KAERI. Long UBU NAKAGO with
        two-character MEI:
                                                  TSUNETSUGU

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