SUE-TEGAI
                                TEGAI characteristicscontinue in 
                                the generations that follow O-EI.


                                 KANEMITSU O-EI 1394
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KANEKIYO(5) EI-KYO 1429          KANEKUNI(1) EI-KYO 1429
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KANEKIYO(6) MEI-O 1492           KANEKUNI(2) BUN-MEI 1469 
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KANEKIYO(7) EI-SHO 1504  

KANEKIYO(5) EI-KYO: MITSU-MUNE TANTO commensurate with the name.
        Running SHIRA-KE MASAME hasJI-NIE. KO-NIE CHU-SUGUHA 
        with SUNAGASHI and KINSUJI. BOSHI: KO-MARU HAKIKAKE  
        with long KAERI.
    MEI: KANEKIYO
         KANEKIYO SAKU

KANEKIYO(6) MEI-O: Thick-backed. KO-NIE GUNOME-MIDARE HA. BOSHI
        is YAKI-SAGARU.
    MEI: KANEKIYO
         KANEKIYO SAKU

KANEKIYO(7) EI-SHO: KO-NIE SUGUHA and HITATSURA patterns.
    MEI: KANEKIYO
         TEGAI JU KANEKIYO

KANEKIYO(8) TEN-MON: Moved to SANUKI. TAKAMATSU JU. MONJUSHIRO.
        8th and 9th share the same MEI: FUJIWARA JU KANEKIYO.
        KO-GUNOME MIDARE with SUNAGASHI.
    MEI: KANEKIYO
         TEGAI JU KANEKIYO
         FUJIWARA JU KANEKIYO
         SANSHU TAKAMATSU JU KANEKIYO MONJUSHIRO

KANEKUNI(1) EI-KYO (f: KANEMITSU): KO-MOKU MASAME. KO-NIE SUGUHA. 
           2nd: BUN-MEI, 3rd: EI-SHO, 4th: EI-ROKU. 5th: SHINTO.
    MEI: KANEKUNI
         KANEMITSU-no-SHI KANEKUNI

KANEMASA(2) EI-KYO: MASA form: SEI "Administration." SUGUHA and 
           KO-NOTARE NIJU-HOTSURE BA.
    MEI: KANEMASA
         TENGAI KANEMASA
         FUJIWARA KANEMASA

KANENAO KYO-TOKU: SHIRO. Art name: SHOSUKE. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE.
    MEI: KANENAO
         YAMATO-no-KUNI JUNIN KANENAO
         NANTO JU FUJIWARA SHIROBEI KANENAO

KANEYOSHI(4) KYO-TOKU: SUGU and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. 5th: MEI-O 1492.
    MEI: KANEYOSHI
         FUJIWARA KANEYOSHI
         WASHU JU KANEYOSHI

KANEYOSHI(6)EI-SHO:JI-NIE veiledoverfine KO-MASAME HADA. Some 
           MU-JI (no-grain) reported, but HOSHO-style evenly laid 
           MASAME should be looked for. SUGU HOTSURE BA. HIGAKI 
           YASURI-ME.
    MEI: KANEYOSHI
         WASHU JU KANEYOSHI

KANEYOSHI(7) EI-ROKU: GUNOME-MIDARE KO-MIDARE HA with SUNAGASHI.
    MEI: KANEYOSHI
         NANTO JU KANEYOSHI

KANEHARU BUN-GI: SUGU KO-MIDARE HA with ASHI-IRI.
    MEI: WASHU JU KANEHARU

KANEHISA EI-KYO: NIE-DEKI SUGUHA and GUNOME HA. HOTSURE and NIJU.
    MEI: KANEHISA
         FUJIWARA KANEHISA

KANEHISA BUN-GI: KANEHISA, KANESUKE and KANEMORI are known as the
        three TEGAI smiths who pursued YAMASHIRO style. KO-NIE 
        SUGUHA, KO-MIDARE BA and GUNOMEHA showsUCHINOKE and 
        NIJUBA. 
    MEI: KANEHISA
         WASHU NANTO JU FUJIWARA KANEHISA
         YAMATO-no-KUNI JU FUJIWARA KANEHISA SAKU

KANESADA(5) BUN-GI (f: KANETOSHI): SADA character: TING. SUGUHA
        and KO-MIDARE BA.
    MEI: WASHU JU KANESADA

KANESADA(6) EI-ROKU: SADA character: CHEN "Divination." Thick 
        blades in MASAME. KO-NIE and NIOI-DEKI GUNOME patterns
        that show HOTSURE in the HABUCHI.
    MEI: KANESADA
         NANTO FUJIWARA JU KANESADA

_________                           ______________
KANEYOSHI KO-RYAKU 1379             TEGAI MASAZANE EI-SHO 1504
___|____                              MURAMASA era traveler
KANEZANE(2) O-EI 1394
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KANEZANE(3) KA-KICHI 1441
                                           
_____________|____                     _________                
MAGOSHIRO KANEZANE(4) BUN-MEI 1469     KANEMOCHI BUN-MEI 1469   
   __________|____                     ____|____                
   JOJIRO KANEZANE(5) EI-SHO 1504      KANETOSHI(3) TEN-MON 1532
          ___|____           
          KANEZANE(6) TEN-SHO 1573


KANEZANE(3) KA-KICHI (t: KANEZANE 2): Work from SHO-CHO 1428. He
transferred to IGA in BUN-MEI 1469.  SHIRA-KE MASAME.
           HOSO-SUGUHA,GUNOME with HOTSURE and SUNAGASHI. 
           HAKIKAKE BOSHI.
    MEI: KANEZANE
         WASHU KANEZANE SAKU
         YAMATO-no-KUNI FUJIWARA KANEZANE


KANETOSHI(3) TEN-MON (f: KANEMOCHI): Worked in SETTSU. His MEI is
        in thin strokes.
    MEI: KANETOSHI

MASAZANE EI-SHO:  Traveled to learn the hands of SOSHU TSUNAHIRO,
        MIKAWA MONJU, ISE MURAMASA, HEIANJO NAGAYOSHI. AYASUGI 
        HADA. His NIOI-DEKI ASAKI-NOTARE BA may show large HAKO-
        shaped KOSHIBA. His son was master at KANABO, 
                                see KANABO School.
    MEI: MASAZANE
         FUJIWARA MASAZANE

KANEMITSU EI-SHO:From MEI-O 1492 to EI-SHO 1504. Thick blades. 
        Running SHIRA-KE HADA. KO-NOTARE BA.
    MEI: KANEMITSU
         YAMATO-no-KUNI FUJIWARA KANEMITSU
         YAMATO-no-KUNI NANTO JU FUJIWARA KANEMITSU

KANENAGA(7) TAI-EI: Standing MASAME HADA. KANENAGA line famous 
        for NIE JI-BA. The old style is barely recognizable. 
        SUGUHA in NIE. Can be dense.
    MEI: KANENAGA

KANEFUSA TAI-EI: TEGAI. SUGU KO-NOTARE BA. HORIMONO.
    MEI: KANEFUSA
         NANTO FUJIWARA KANEFUSA SAKU

KANEMORI GEN-KI: SUGU NIJUBA with UCHINOKE like HOTSURE.
    MEI: KANEMORI