KII NANKI School

 ITAME HADA with MASAME. MIDARE BA, O-MIDARE 
  or most often, CHU-SUGU KUZURE BA.


 YAMATO KANEKUNI(5) KEI-CHO 1596 See YAMATO.
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  NANKI SHIGEKUNI(1) GEN-WA 1615 
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  SHIGEKUNI(2)  SHIGETSUGU KAN-BUN 1661 SHIGESADA
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  SHIGEKUNI(3)     
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  SHIGEKUNI(4) GEN-ROKU 1688                 
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  SHIGEKUNI(5)
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  SHIGEKUNI AN-SEI 1854


SHIGEKUNI(1) GEN-WA (f: TEGAI KANESADA): KII Province. 
      MONJU-KUROSABURO. Late TEGAI School. Younger 
      brother of KANEKUNI. Made sword for IYEYASU when 
      he was at SHIZUOKA before he moved to EDO for which 
      he received 60 KOKU. Became attend KAJI under KISHU 
      YORINOBU and followed him into WAKAYAMA, GENWA GONEN,
      1619. 
      Worked at KII to KANEI SHICHINEN, 1630, making long 
      sword, SHINOGI-TSUKURI WAKIZASHI, DAMBIRA and TANTO. 
      First period we see wide blades to O-KIISAKI. later, 
      we see CHU-KISSAKI. Long swords with raised SHINOGI-
      TAKA and wide SHINOGI-HABA are in the YAMATO KAJI 
      tradition. His DAMBIRA are wide, thick blades. Works 
      are strongly SAKIZORI. 
      ITAME with MASAME HADA stands strongly. We'll see 
      KO-ITAME with JI-NIE and CHIKEI. 
      HAMON is SUGUHA and NIJUBA, and KUICHIGAI BA, YAMATO 
      style. KO-MIDADE of GUNOME with SUNGASHI and KINSUJI 
      in YAMATO style works. SOSHU style will present 
      partucularly beautiful O-GUNOME-MIDARE BA, NOTARE-
      MIDARE in SOSHU profuse NIE on MASAMUNE style blade 
      structures. 
      BOSHI is HAKIKAKE with YAKIZUME or small KAERI. 
   OITE NANKI SHIGEKUNI SAKU
   SUNSHU JU SHIGEKUNI TSUKURU KORE
   OITE KISHU WAKAYAMA SHIGEKUNI SAKU
   WASHU TEGAI JU OITE SUNFU TSUKURU KORE

SHIGEKUNI(2) KAN-BUN: MONJU KINSUKE. SHIROUEMON. Stuck 
      with his father through KII. In his father's style. 
      MEI-REKI 1655 to KAN-BUN 1661 time era. YAMATO style 
      SUGUHA, GUNOME and GUNOME-MIDARE BA. KO-GUNOME will 
      show ASHI. BOSHI: KO-MARU.
   OITE NANKI MONJU SHIGEKUNI TSUKURU KORE
   KISHU JU MON JU KINSUKE SHIGEKUNI TSUKURU KORE

SHIGEKUNI(3) TEI-KYO: MONJU KUROSABURO. 

SHIGEKUNI(4) KYO-HO: MONJU KINSUKE. 5th to 7th Generations 
      walk through the twilight of SHINTO. 8th Generation 
      in KYO-WA 1801.

SHIGEKUNI(5) KYO-HO: MONJU KINSUKE. 

KIJU - See SHINTO YAMATO