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SUE-BIZEN 
TADAMITSU Group 

Starts in BUN-MEI 1469 and fills every mark through EI-SHO 1504. 

   -TACHI and KATANA: 2 SHAKU, 1 to 2 SUN. After TEN-MON 1532, 
    KISSAKI becomes elongated. O-KISSAKI may be found, some with 
    noticeably shallow FUKURA.
   -TANTO: Small bodied. Also RYOBA-TSUKURI. Later - wide bodied, 
    many with small double-grooves.
   -MOKUME, reminiscent of O-EI BIZEN, has JI-NIE and UTSURI. 
   -Many with CHU-SUGUHA. Patterns show HOTSURE, KO-ASHI and YO.
   -FUKASHI BOSHI with KO-MARU.

Look for long signatures in later Sengoku blades.

    _________________                   SHURInoSUKE - KUROZAEMONnoJO
    OSAFUNE YOSHIKAGE KEM-MU 1334                Group
               |__________________________  
     __________|___                   ____|___              
     KOZORI IYEMORI(3) SHI-TOKU 1384  IYESHIGE KO-RYAKU 1379
 ______________|_____               
 JIROZAEMON TADAMITSU(5) EI-KYO 1429   * See KOZORI School *
_______________|_____
SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI 1469
               |_____________________________________
_______________|_____                 _______________|________
SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU(2) BUN-GI 1501  KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU(1) 
                    _________________________________| MEI-O 1492
___________________|____  -brothers-  _______________|________
JUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU              KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU(2) 
            TEN-MON 1532                             TEN-MON 1532  

TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI (f: JIROSAEMON TADAMITSU): SHURInoSUKE.
        KO-MOKUME with thin veil of JI-NIE. NIOI GUNOME-CHOJI 
        MIDARE BA with KO-ASHI and YO. FUKASHI BOSHI.
     BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU
     BISHU OSAFUNE SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU

TADAMITSU(2) BUN-GI: Son-in-law of ARIMITSU. SHURInoSUKE. In the
        style of his father, KO-MOKUME with JI-NIE. NIOI
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA. 

TADAMITSU(1) MEI-O (f: SHURInoSUKE TADAMITSU): From EN-TOKU 1489
        to MEI-O 1492 period. KO-MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-CHOJI 
        MIDARE BA. 
     BISHU OSAFUNE KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU

TADAMITSU(2) TEN-MON (f: KUROZAEMON 1): GUNOME HA with ASHI-IRI. 
     BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU SAKU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE KUROZAEMONnoJO TADAMITSU SAKU

TADAMITSU TEN-MON (br: KUROZAEMON 2): JUROZAEMON. Made swords in
        BITCHU: BITCHU MANJUSHO TOBA. 1554.
SUE-BIZEN - TADAMITSU Group    HIKOBEI and HIKOZABURO 
_____________________                     
HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI 1469 
                 |___________________________________
_________________|___                  ______________|___
HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU(2) EI-SHO 1504   HEIUEMON TADAMITSU
_________________|___                         EI-SHO 1504
HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU(3) TEN-MON 1532

                             ____________________   
                             HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI 1469
                             ________________|___   
                             HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU(2) EI-SHO 1504
                             ________________|___   
                             HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU(3) TEN-MON 1532


TADAMITSU(1) BUN-MEI: HIKOBEI. From BUN-MEI 1469 to EN-TOKU 1489. 
           MOKUME has a thin veil of JI-NIE across the entire JI. 
           MIDARE patterns of GUNOME-CHOJI with ASHI-IRI and YO. 
           Clear JI-BA.
     BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU
     BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU
     BIZEN OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE HIKOBEI TADAMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU

TADAMITSU(2) EI-SHO: HIKOBEI. From MEI-O 1492 to EI-SHO 1504.
        Worked in IIOKA, MIMASAKA as well. With the 2nd, expect 
        tightly defined NIOI GUNOME-CHOJI with KO-ASHI and YO 
        where HOTSURE pulls from the HABUCHI. Figures may appear
        packed. CHU or HIRO width MIDARE-KOMI BOSHI with YO finds
        KO-MARU and deep KAERI. HIKOBEI TADAMITSU(3) TEN-MON 1532
        follows.
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU
     BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE HIKOBEInoJO TADAMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU HIKOBEI SAKU

TADAMITSU EI-SHO (f: HIKOBEI TADAMITSU): Worked at SAKUSHU IN-
        SHO. GUNOME-MIDARE HA with HOTSURE from the line. 
        HORIMONO are seen. 
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU
     BIZEN JU OSAFUNE HEIUEMONnoJO FUJIWARA TADAMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE HEIUEMONnoJO FUJIWARA TADAMITSU DO
                                                  MATASHIRO SAKU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU-SHI HEIUEMONnoJO SAKU 
                                KORE HORIMONO OTO MATASHIRO SAKU

TADAMITSU BUN-MEI: NAKAGAWA HIKOSABURO. HIKOBEI, parallel name. 
           MOKUME with JI-NIE. GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA with YO. 
           2nd HIKOSABURO in EI-SHO 1504 and 3rd in TEN-MON 1532.
     BISHU OSAFUNE HIKOBEInoJO DO HIKOSABURO TADAMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU NAKAGAWA HIKOSABURO SAKU 
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