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MINO       SHINTO SEKI: ITAME HADA. CHU-SUGU HOTSURE with NIE 
and
YO. Long NOTARE, SANBONSUGI.

SHINTO SEKI                    DAIDO (3rd & 4th TOKUIN IYEHISA
|______________________     __|__ in OWARI) ___|___
___|___       ___|___ DAIDO ________ IYEHISA
UJIFUSA  KEI-CHO 1596  UJISADA KANEYASU ___|___
|________________ KAN-BUN 1661 IYEHISA
___|___   ___|___             ________  ________
UJIFUSA (OWARI)  UJIFUSA (SATSUMA)   KANENOBU  KAUBE KANENOBU _______                            ___|____
KANEUJI KAN-EI 1624 KANENOBU KAN-BUN 1661
_____                               
JUMYO (Many SHINTO SEKI smiths)     ________
KAN-EI 1624 to KAN-SEI 1789 KANEYASU KAN-BUN 1661
________ _________ _________
KANEMOTO KAN-EI 1624 KANETSUNE - KAN-EI 1624 - KANETSUNE
________ _________
KANEKURA(1) KAN-BUN 1661 KANETSUNE KAN-BUN 1661 KANEYOSHI
___|____ |_________
KANEKURA(2) KYO-HO 1716 ____|____ ___|___
KANETSUNE KANEHIDE KYO-HO 1716 ___|____                   _______      ________
KIYONOBU  KAN-EI 1624      GAMMAKU      KINMICHI KEI-CHO 1596
___|____                   _______      ________
KIYONOBU  GEN-ROKU 1688    NOBUNAO      KINMICHI KAN-BUN 1661
___|____    _________   ___|___              (KYOTO) KIYONOBU   YASUMICHI    NOBUNAO KAN-BUN 1661
___________________________
.                SHIN-SHINTO OKACHI NAGASADA
___|_____
                         NAGATOSHI
UJIFUSA - See SHINTO OWARI and ZENJO

KANETAKA KAN-EI: Line from KANETAKA Family of the OAWRI NOBUTAKA.
SANAMI Roots. KANETAKA smiths in SURUGA in GEN-ROKU 1688,
and ECHIZEN in MAN-JI 1657. MINO KANETAKA work from KEI-CHO
to KAN-BUN 1661 time.
KANETAKA SUGATA is large bodied, elongated BOSHI. Imposing.
KO-ITAME with JI-NIE and standing SHIRAKE-UTSURI.
NIOI-DEKI and KO-NIE SUGUHA with GUNOME-MIDARE of KO-MIDARE
and KO-CHOJI-MIDARE BA where SUNAGASHI develops in the mid.
JIZO BOSHI with long fall KAERI.
NOSHU SEKI JU KANETAKA
MUTSUnoKAMI FUJIWARA KANETAKA

KANETAKA(2) KAN-BUN
MUTSUnoKAMI KANETAKA
MUSASHInoKAMI KANETAKA


KANEMOTO KAN-EI: AKASAKA SEKI. Called the 4th Generation of
MAGOROKU. KO-NIE DEKI SANBONSUGI.
NOSHU JU FUJIWARA KANEMOTO SAKU
NOSHU AKASAKA JU TASHIRO-GENICHI KANEMOTO

KANENOBU(1) KAN-EI: TASHIRO-GENICHIRO. Living in ANPACHI-KORI,
KOBE. ITAME with MASAME HADA. KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA, NOTARE BA
ans SANBONSUGI style.
NOSHU JU TASHIRO GENICHI KANENOBU
NOSHU KOBE JU TASHIRO GENICHI KANENOBU

KANENOBU(2) KAN-BUN (f: GENICHIRO): Family of KOBE KANENOBU.
Received title, YAMATOnoKAMI. Style like his father,
KO-NIE DEKI SANBONSUGI BA.
YAMATOnoKAMI MINAMOTO KANENOBU SAKU

KANENOBU MEI-REKI: Two smith lines working at the same time.
SANBONSUGI BA.
KANENOBU
MUTSUnoKAMI FUJIWARA KANENOBU
NOSHU KOBE JU MUTSUnoKAMI FUJIWARA KANENOBU

KANENOBU KAN-BUN: KOBE. Making SANBONSUGI style.
MUTSUnoKAMI KANENOBU
MUTSUnoKAMI FUJIWARA KANENOBU
NOSHU JU TASHIRO KAKUBE KANENOBU SAKU
NOSHU JU TASHIRO KAKUBE FUJIWARA KANENOBU
NOSHU KOBE JU TASHIRO KAKUBE FUJIWARA KANENOBU

KANENORI KAN-EI: KANE form: HO. Late MUROMACHI TEN-SHO times
into the SHINTO. He makes SEKI style in the SHINTO.
Stayed in MINO at KOBE, making swords.
SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, CHU-KISSAKI.
KO-ITAME HADA has MASAME in the SHINOGI-JI. JIGANE has
JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI GUNOME-MIDARE BA of YAHAZU Arrow-Notch
with TOGARI. BOSHI is TOGARI at the turn.
See KANETSUNE MINO.
KANENORI
SEKI JU KANENORI SAKU
NOSHU SEKI JU KANENORI SAKU

IYEHISA(2) KAN-BUN: From TOKUIN KANEHISA whoose alternate name
was IYEHISA. MAN-JI 1658 to TEN-WA 1681. Worked in HISHU
TAKAYAMA. ITAME KO-MOKUME mix with MASAME in the SHINOGI-JI.
SHIRAKE. KO-NOTARE GUNOME-MIDARE ans KO-CHOJI-MIDARE
with ASHI. Signature below: "Springtime of my 48th Year"
MINO-SEKI TOKUIN SEITO IYEHISA FURUICHIKIBEnoJO
SHUNJU YOJU HACHI-SAI

IYEHISA(3) GEN-ROKU: Son of FURUICHIUKIBE. TOKUIN Group. Lived
in SEKI. Worked in INUYAMA Castle in OWARI. Made SHINTO
style.
SAGAMInoKAMI IYEHISA
NOSHU SEKI JU TOKUIN IYEHISA

KANEKURA KAN-BUN: KANE form: KIN "Gold". SEKI JU.Made swords in
EDO. MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-MIDARE BA.
YAMATOnoKAMI FUJIWARA KANEKURA

KANEKURA(2) KYO-HO: KANE form KIN "Gold". Worked in EDO. GUNOME-
MIDARE BA.
HITACHInoKAMI FUJIWARA KANEKURA

DAIDO(2) GIFU JU. MadeO-GUNOME-MIDARE and CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
Line from MUROYA. KANEMICHI.
HOKYO DAIDO SAKU
MUTSUnoKAMI DAIDO

DAODO(3) KAN-BUN: MUROYA-SEKI style, after his roots. Lived in
GIFU and ISE, making swords.
MUTSUnoKAMI DAIDO

DAIDO(2) GEN-WA 1615 (F: 1st MIKAWA DAIDO): MUROYA-SEKI. GIFU
JU. 1st generation MIKAWA DAIDO has a sword dated:
TEN-SHO NIJU SHO-GATSU KICHI NICHI (1592)
MIKAWAnoKAMI DAIDO NOBUNAO SAKU

DAIDO KAN-EI: Brought the essence of MUROYA style into the
SHINTO. Moved from SEKI to GIFU town. Also ISE.
SHINANOnoKAMI FUJIWARA DAIDO
NOSHU GIFU JU SHINANOnoKAMI FUJIWARA DAIDO

DAIDO KAN-BUN: Second SHINANOnoKAMI worked in GIFU.
SHINANOnoKAMI DAIDO

DAIDO GEN-ROKU: 3rd SHINANOnoKAMI. OWARI JU. See SHINTO OWARI.

DAIDO KYO-HO: SHINANOnoKAMI in OWARI.

DAODO KAN-BUN: SAGAMInoKAMI. KANBUN to GENROKU.
DAIDO KAN-BUN: BUNGOnoKAMI.
DAODI KAN-BUN: TAJIMAnoKAMI.
DAODO all living in various MINO towns.

KANEYASU KAN-BUN (t: KABOKU): GOTO GENICHI SHICHIROBEI. SUE-SEKI.
Made swords in KOSHU. Soshu style KO-NIE DEKI O-GUNOME
and CHOJI MIDARE BA. RYO-WAZAMONO.
See OMURA KABOKU.
NOSHU SEKI GENICHI KANEYASU
SAGAMInoKAMI FUJIWARA KANEYASU
NOSHU SEKI NO JU - SAGAMInoKAMI FUJIWARA KANEYASU
  NOSHU SEKI SAGAMInoKAMI KANEYASU BUSHU OITE EDO SHI SAKU


TERUKADO
Note: ZENJO Temple are one of the two old KOTO Schools that came
from YAMATO to found MINO. Kaneuji brought SHIZU through Soshu
and then to Naoe-Mura town in the mountains. Kaneyoshi joined
bringing his ZENJO Temple style.


ZENJO has the oldest religious history and is therefore the most
revered.
Kaneyoshi grandson, TERUKADO was the head of the School,
the longest of all the various MINO sword schools, from the
KAN-BUN time.

KANEKADO becomes TERUKADO from MANJI 1658. Received TAMBA DAIJO toward
MAN-JI 2, 1659, however we see a WAKIZASHI dedicated at the KASUGA JINJA Shrine
signed TAMBA-no-KAMI TERUKADO and dated, MAN-JI 3, 1660, 9th month. 
TAMBA-no-KAMI TERUKADO took-over the ZENJO Sword School in MINO when then
School headman, UJIFUSA left to bring ZENJO-style to TOKUGAWA YOSHINAO's
NAGOYA Castle,  OWARI Province.  TERUKADO School advances to ISE KUWANA
(MURAMASA fame) and later, EDO, making KUWANA-style. 

ZENJO School SUGU HOTSURE KO-NIE KO-GUNOME and SOSHU style ARA-NIE
exemplifying. HAKO O-GUNOME MIDARE BA where occasionally O-MIDARE falls to
a SUGU YAKIDASHI.  KO-ITAME with veil of JI-NIE and sweeping MASAME along the
SHINOGI-JI.

First: SANISOUEMON KANEKADO
Signing:
KANEKADO
ZENJO FUJIWARA KANEKADO

Then:
            TAMBAnoKAMI TERUKADO
            TAMBAnoKAMI FUJIWARA TERUKADO
            TAMBA DAIJO FUJIWARA TERUKADO
            NOSHU TAMBAnoKAMI FUJIWARA TERUKADO
            NOSHU SEKI-SHI JU TAMBAnoKAMI FUJIWARA TERUKADO

KANEMASU KAN-EI: RYOKEN Group. KO-NIE NOTARE of GUNOME CHOJI-
      MIDARE BA in tight NIOI-GUCHI. Many RYOKEN names:
                    YAICHIRO KANEMASU
            MAGOUEMON KANEMASU
               SOSHICHIRO KANEMASU
                     GENJURO KANEMASU
                   MATAJIRO KANEMASU
           YOSAZAEMON KANEMASU
      Following KAN-BUN 1661 time, KANEMASU changes his MASU to ZO "Increase"
      and moves to OSAKA to receive HIRAMAnoKAMI title.

SANAMI KANESUKE(1) KAN-EI: From KAN-EI to KAN-BUN 1661. In MUSASHI.
    BUSHU KANESUKE

KANESUKE TEI-KYO (f: BUSHU KANESUKE): SANAMI Group. Works in MUSASHI.
         KO-ITAME with JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI GUNOME-MIDARE BA.
    BUSHU JU FUJIWARA KANESUKE

KANETANI(1) KEI-CHO: TANI form: TO "cave". SEKI ZENJO Group. Descended from
       ZENJO line starting in KAN-SHO 1460. There are five KANETANI specializing in
       KOGATANA dagger and short sword making, in the ZENJO tradition, up to KYOHO
       1716 time.
  MATAHACHIRO KANETANI
       SATOUEMON KANETANI
    CHUSHICHIRO KANETANI
                     SEIZO KANETANI
              GENSUKE KANETANI

KANETOKI KEI-CHO: TOKUIN Group. SEKI KANETOKI Group of the TOKUIN School.
       KAMIUCHI JU. Begins in the BUN-ROKU. RYO-WAZAMONO.
   SEKI JU KANETOKI
   NOSHU KAMIUCHI NO JU KANETOKI

KANETOKI KAN-EI (t: KANKOMAGORO): KOBEJI. Took over KANKO group from his
       teacher. Schools runs from KAN-EI through the TEI-KYO.
MUSASHInoKAMI KANETOKI KAN-EI 1624
SAGAMInoKAMI KANETOKI EN-PO 1673
HITACHInoKAMI KANETOKI TEI-KYO 1684

KANETSUNE KAN-EI: MUTO-MATAJIRO. MUTO is given by his Lord. SHINTO style
         NIOI-FUKASHI CHU-SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE BA patterns. He dies in
         MEI-REKI.  HOMYO ZENOEIKI.
    KANETSUNE
    SEKI JU KANETSUNE SAKU

 KANETSUNE KAN-EI (t: KANETSUNE): Lives in KOKURA maiking swords. SUGUHA
         and GUNOME-MIDARE BA. WAZAMONO.

    NOSHU SHIMOUCHI JU KANETSUNE
    NOSHU KOKURA NO JU KANETSUNE

KANETSUNE KAN-BUN: MUTO-SUKEUEMON. Several KANETSUNE noted on
         SHO-GATSU New Years of 1667 working together in and about KAMIUCHI.
         SUKEUEMON dies in ENPO HACHI-NEN, 1680. HOMYO AMASEISOSHIN.
    KANETSUNE
    NOSHU SEKI JU KANETSUNE

KANEUJI KAN-EI: Of late AKASAKA and OWARI KANEUJI stock, BUN-ROKU 1592 to
       the KEI-CHO. Same group sharing between OWARI and MINO. Travels and works from
       INUYAMA Castle in OWARI during the time TOKUGAWA YOSHINAO was working at
       NAGOYA.
       NOTARE-MIDARE GUNOME-MIDARE BA of KO-NIE. Strong, solid blades.
    BISHU INUYAMA JU KANEUJI

KANEUJI KAN-BUN: TOYAMAJINJURO. OGAKI JU. SHINTO line from GIFU and
       OGAKI. Worked for FUKUUCHI in SEKI and then TOYAMA in OGAKI.
   SHIZU SABURO MINAMOTO KANEUJI

KANEUJI GEN-ROKU: TOYAMA TOUEMON. OGAKI line.
   SHIZU SABURO KANEUJI
   NOSHU OGAKI JU  SHIZUSABURO KANREUJI

KANEUJI KYO-HO: TOYAMA-MATAZAEMON. OGAKI line. KANEUJI descendant.
       KOTO-KAJI.
    NOSHU OGAKI JU SHIZUSABURO KANEUJI

KANEYOSHI KAN-BUN: KOKURA JU. Worked in SETTSU.
    SAKAO ZENJO TAMBAnoKAMI KANEYOSHI




Daido Tanto

Daido
Nagasa: 1 Shaku 1 Sun 7 Bu (35.45cm)
Moto-Haba: 1 Sun (3.03cm)
Nakago: 4 Sun (12.12cm)


Matsumoto Chikataro Family Possession.
Hira-Tsukuri, Mitsu-Mune, very little curve.
Omote: Wide To-Hi with Kurikara and Ken in a frame.
Running Itame, Masame mix that stands.
Chu-Suguha in clear Nioi with Hataraki.
Sugu Komaru Boshi.
Ubu Kurijiri Nakago has two Mekugi-ana.

    Daido Naofusa Nyudo



Shinto Jumyo


SHINTO SEKI  Jumyo
7 SUN 9 BU or 23.7cm

HIRA-TSUKURI, shallow IHORI-MUNE, MU-SORI.
Its shallow MUNE drops gently to the Saki in a simple portrait of SA.
Smooth ITAME HADA creates the JI, where a thin CHU-SUGUHA
walks the sword in NIOI and distinct KO-NIE. KO-NIE are spilled
slightly
HAKIKAKE KO-MARU BOSHI, resolves in falling KAERI.
Smooth texture NAKAGO delivers a flat face for the large characters
of his proud MEI: JUMYO




Kaneyasu

Kaneyasu Katana

Standing Itame Hada. Masame in the Shinogi-Ji. Ji-Nie.
O-Midare of Billowing Clouds in fine Ko-nie.
This Hamon shows his Soshu style Ko-nie Deki O-Gunome and Choji Midare Ba.

Hiro-Sugu Ko-maru Boshi has Hakikake.
Ubu Haagari Kurijiri Nakago has Hawk-Feathers Yasuri and one Mekugi-ana.
    Noshu Seki No Ju

      Sagami-no-Kami Fujiwara Kaneyasu





Shinto Jumyo Dambira
1 Shaku, 3 Sun 1 Bu

Mokume Hada with Chikei and Jinie creates
translucent Jigane.
Soshu Style Billowing Nie and Mura-Nie Notare of O-Midare Ba with Hotsure and Sadamune-style Sunagashi.

Nie and Ara-Jinie Boshi with long falling Naga Kaeri
One Mekugi-ana Ubu Gengyo Nakago.












Terukado U-no-Kubi
TAMBA-no-KAMI SOKURO. Head of ZENJO School, KANEYOSHI main line, Head SEKI-KAJI Master

Sweeping NIE and ARA-NIE, NIOI-FUKASHI HOTSURE O-GUNOME O-MIDARE BA rides over its 12" blade where HADA runs like a river.

Zenjo Terukado