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TOKAIDO - The Eight Roads of KOTO

KAI 
      KAI and SURUGA SHIMADA were late SOSHU stylists
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TOJIRO EI-SHO 1504
     KOSHU ISAWA JUNIN TOJIRO
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SANEIYE KYO-ROKU 1528
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SANEIYE EI-ROKU 1558

SANEIYE KYO-ROKU (t: SHIMADA YOSHISUKE): SUE-SOSHU style.
    MEI: SANEIYE SAKU

SANEIYE EI-ROKU: KOSHU JU SANEIYE

KANEIYE(1) TEN-SHO: GENZABURO. SANAMI smith from MINO. Summoned 
           to SHINANO by the TAKEDA from FUCHU ICHIJO. Work from
           EI-ROKU 1558 to TEN-SHO 1573. Changed his name to 
           NOBUIYE. GUNOME patterns.
    MEI: KANEIYE
         KOSHU JU KANEIYE
         SHINSHU IIDA JU KANEIYE

KANEIYE(2) KEI-CHO: SEIZABURO. MATSUMOTO smith.
    MEI: KOSHU JU KANEIYE
         SHINSHU IIDA JU KANEIYE
         SHINSHU INA-GORI IIDA JU KANEIYE

HIROIYE TEN-MON: NOTARE-MIDARE BA with ASHI-IRI.
    MEI: KOSHU JU HIROIYE
         KOSHU MINOBUSAN JU HIROIYE

MOTONARI TEN-MON: YARI are seen. SOSHU style.
    MEI: KOSHU JU MOTONARI

MOTOCHIKA TEN-MON 1532
        Work through EI-ROKU 1558. From ODAWARA in SAGAMI, he 
        moved through MUSASHI to KAI. HORIMONO carver. Standing
        ITAME HADA with a tightly defined GUNOME-MIDARE BA with
        profuse MURA-NIE, SOSHU style. A cursive style appearing
        almost like KANA.
     MOTOCHIKA
     MOTOCHIKA SAKU
     SOSHU JU MOTOCHIKA
     OITE KOMABASHI MOTOCHIKA SAKU KORE
     BUSHU OITE KOMABASHI MOTOCHIKA SAKU
     KOSHU TSURU-GORI OJI ASAMA TAMEGOKEN MOTOCHIKA SAKU
     KOSHU TSURU-GORI MIYADANI-KYO MOMOKURA DAIMYOJIN TAMEGOKEN 
                - OITE KOMABASHI MOTOCHIKA SAKU-KORE - [ Date ]
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SHIGEMUNE TEN-MON 1532
          Between TEN-MON and TEN-SHO 1573.
     KOSHU JU SHIGEMUNE SAKU



KAI
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SANEHIRO EI-ROKU 1558 
     KOSHU JU SANEHIRO
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NOBUIYE GEN-KI 1570
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SANEMICHI TEN-SHO 1573
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YOSHISUKE TEN-SHO 1573
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SADANORI TEN-SHO 1573
          SHIMADA smith in SURUGA as well. 
     KOSHU JU SADANORI
     SUNSHU JU SADANORI
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SADAHIDE TEN-SHO 1573
        Fits with the SEKI SUE-KOTO. MINO style ITAME HADA has 
        KO-MIDARE pattern.
     KOSHU ITSUMI JU SADAHIDE
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KANEHIDE TEN-SHO 1573
          KAI SEKI Group.
     FUJIWARA KYUBE
     KIKUHARA KYUBEnoJO KANEHIDE
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RITSUMITSU TEN-MON 1532 - Same as KANEFUMI
     SENJUIN RITSUMITSU
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YUKINAGA(1) KEI-CHO 1596 Moved to BUNGO. Where 2nd generation
        signed, BUNGO ONO JU KAI-MOTO YUKINAGA. Three SHINTO
        generations in BUNGO.
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TSUNEHISA TEN-SHO 1573
     KOSHU JU TSUNEHISA 

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