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The Eight DO
TOSANDO - The Eight
Roads of KOTO
MOKUSA HOJU School MOKUSA: Deeply curved TORIIZORI. Standing O-ITAME shows CHIKEI. KO-CHOJI MIDARE in KO-NIE. SUNAGASHI. BOSHI: Usually YAKIZUME. _________ FUMITOSHI GEN-RYAKU 1184 __|_ HOJU(1) TEI-O 1222 __|_ HOJU(2) HO-JI 1247 __|_ HOJU(3) TOKU-JI 1306 |_______________________ __|_ ___|____ HOJU(4) EN-BUN 1356 MOROMUNE KEM-MU 1334 __|_ HOJU(5) TEI-JI 1362 __|_ HOJU(6) EI-TOKU 1381 __|_ HOJU(7) O-EI 1394 __|_ HOJU(8) KAN-SHO 1460 __|_ _________ HOJU(9) BUN-MEI 1469 MORICHIKA BUN-MEI 1469 FUMITOSHI: Also called MONJU. He worked under TAIRA YORIMORI (the only remaining of MINAMOTO YORITOMO's favor), who died in 1186. His work is therefore prior. FUMITOSHI is known for his HIGE-KIRI MARU "Beard-cutter" sword. |
BUNKAZAI HOJU
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BUNKAZAI HOJU NAGASA: 77.6cm SORI: 3.6cm SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE. KOSHIZORI finds strong FUNBARI. Strength rides to an IKUBI-like CHU-KISSAKI; and a BO-HI falls from the KO-SHINOGI. Very strongly standing ITAME and O-ITAME HADA runs and twists in a near AYASUGI. There is JI-NIE and CHIKEI in the white colored grain. NIOI and NIE KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI-MIDARE BA defined of falling KO-ASHI has SUNAGASHI running. KUZURE HAKIKAKE BOSHI has YAKIZUME KAERI. UBU, HA-AGARI NAKAGO has two MEKUGI-ANA and his two-character MEI: HOJU |
HOJU(1) TEI-O (f: GEN-RYAKU FUMITOSHI): HIRAIZUMI JU. With so few swords, positive attribution is difficult. ITAME with MASAME. SUGU KO-MIDARE that is deeply HAKIKAKE swept. HOJU(2) HO-JI: HIRAIZUMI JU. Mid-KAMAKURA, wide-bladed CHU or IKUBI-KISSAKI, FUNBARI TACHI. Standing SHIRA-KE ITAME with MASAME has CHIKEI and JI-NIE. CHOJI of KO-NIE and NIOI is KO-MIDARE while ASHI falls through SUNAGASHI. BOSHI: NIE-KUZURE YAKIZUME. HOJU(3) TOKU-JI: HIRAIZUMI JU. Moved to YAMATO and on to CHIKUZEN. SUE-KAMAKURA style CHU-KISSAKI TACHI. "Turbid" color SHIRA-KERU ITAME of standing MOKUME has JI-NIE. YAKIBA is NIE and NIOI SUGU where KO-MIDARE CHOJI BA pushes through the HABUCHI. ASHI and YO drop in SUNAGASHI. HOJU(4) EN-BUN: TAMAZUKURI JU. A NAMBOKUCHO 3.9 SHAKU O-DACHI is known. SHIRA-KE ITAME with MASAME. KO-CHOJI KO-MIDARE. KURIKARA "Dragon" HORIMONO. HOJU(7) O-EI: AYASUGI MASAME mix. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BAthat is HAKIKAKE. |
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