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YAMATO HOSHO Even MASAME: Think HOSHO, or schools having HOSHO roots. Check neighboring KII (Eight Roads, pg ###). Technical: SUGATA - Wide. Shallow curvature, high SHINOGI, high MUNE or MITSU-MUNE. KO-KISSAKI. CHIKEI and JI-NIE found. HADA - MASAME - pronounced. Follows FUKURA. Some members famed for evenly-laid grain. HAMON - SUGUHA with UCHINOKE in NIE and NIOI. SUGU KO-MIDARE. HOTSURE. Perhaps NIJU. Some KINSUJI and KO-ASHI. BOSHI - YAKIZUME. Follows the grain. HAKIKAKE. NAKAGO - Many SURIAGE. _______ SADAIYE BUN-PO 1317 __________________________ _________ _______ __________ HOSHO KUNIMITSU (SADAMITSU) SADATSUGU SADAAKI UDA SADAKI | KO-AN 1278 SHO-O 1288 - GEN-O 1319 - | - 3 Brothers - |_______________________ _________________ _____|__ ___|_____ ___|____ SADAMUNE BUN-PO 1317 SADAYOSHI SADAKIYO GEN-KYO 1321 |____________ | BUN-PO 1317 ___|____ _____|__ ___|__ | SADAMOTO SADAZANE NYUSAI | KA-REKI 1326 RYAKU-O 1338 KA-GEN 1303 | _____________ ___________|_____________ ___|___ ____|___ ___|____ ____|____ SADAOKI SADAYUKI SADAMURA SADAMITSU(1) BUN-WA 1352 (SADASUYE) TEI-WA 1345 _|_ ____|____ TEI-JI 1362 ___|_____ SADAMITSU(2) EI-WA 1375 _________ SADATSUGU ________ SADATOSHI KA-REKI 1326 KO-SHO 1455 SADAYUKI KO-SHO 1455 ________ - SUE-HOSHO - _________ SADASUYE TEI-WA 1345 SADAMITSU MEI-O 1492 SADATSUGU SHO-O to BUN-PO: His SADA form: TEI "Divination," TSUGU form: KEI "Inherit." TACHI has elongated KO-KISSAKI on raised and wide SHINOGI SUGATA. MASAME with CHIKEI and JI-NIE. NIJUBA ASAKI-NOTARE BA in NIE having ASHI and YO. SUNAGASHI and NIJUBA walk the grain. BOSHI: NIJUBA and HAKIKAKE falls YAKIZUME with the grain. MEI: SADATSUGU 3 Brothers SADAMUNE BUN-PO (f: KUNIMITSU): TACHI and 9 SUN, MU-SORI TANTO. Even grained MASAME veiled in JI-NIE. SUGU KO-MIDARE. CHU-SUGU HOTSURE BA in NIE and NIOI with SUNAGASHI. BOSHI is NIE HAKIKAKE YAKIZUME. Large MEI in thick strokes on KURIJIRI NAKAGO. Some with thin strokes. MEI: HOSHO SADAMUNE SAKU HOSHO GORO SADAMUNE YAMATO-no-KUNI HOSHO SADAMUNE YAMATO-no-KUNI TAKACHI-GORI JU SADAMUNE |
YAMATO HOSHO School SADAZANE RYAKU-O (f: SADAMUNE): TAKACHI JU. MASAME. NIE NIJU-SUGU HOTSURE BA. HAKIKAKE BOSHI that falls in YAKIZUME. MEI: SADAZANE FUJIWARA SADAZANE TAKACHI JU SADAZANE WASHU TAKACHI JU SADAZANE 3 Brothers SADAYOSHI BUN-PO (f: KUNIMITSU ): HOSHO GORO. Title: SAEMONnoJO. From BUN-PO 1317 to TEI-WA 1345. 8.5 to 9.5 SUN, wide and thick TANTO. This smith has several distinctive points. - Evenly made MASAME. - JI-NIE isparticularly strong. - Wide YAKIBA rises from thin YAKIDASHI. SUGUHA of strong NIE that shows HOTSURE. KO-ASHI under SUNAGASHI with KINSUJI. BOSHI will be NIE HAKIKAKE or KAEN - follows grain. Many with HORIMONO. Mark: HORI are deeply cut. Usually long signature. MEI: HOSHO SADAYOSHI FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI SAKU KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI YAMATO-no-KUNI JUNIN SADAYOSHI SAKU YAMATO-no-KUNI JUNIN FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI YAMATO-no-KUNI KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI NANTO TAKACHI-GORI JU FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI TAKACHI-GORI JU KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI TAKACHI-GORI JUNIN KINGO FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI YAMATO-no-KUNI TAKACHI-GORI JUNIN SAEMONnoJO SADAYOSHI YAMATO-no-KUNI TAKACHI-GORI JUNIN FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI NYUSEI HOSHI SAKU SADAYUKI TEI-WA (f: SADAYOSHI): Evenly laid MASAME has JI-NIE. NIE-DEKI SUGU HOTSURE BA. BOSHI is HAKIKAKE YAKIZUME. MEI: FUJIWARA SADAYOSHI WASHU TAKACHI-GORI SADAYUKI SADAMITSU(1) BUN-WA (f: SADAYOSHI): Even-running MASAME HADA with JI-NIE. NIE-DEKI NIJUBA SUGU KO-MIDARE BA with HOTSURE. BOSHI is HAKIKAKE YAKIZUME. 2nd follows in EI-WA 1375. MEI: FUJIWARA SADAMITSU YAMATO-no-KUNI JU SADAMITSU SAKU YAMATO-no-KUNI FUJIWARA SADAMITSU 3 Brothers SADAKIYO GEN-KYO (f:KUNIMITSU ): Made narrow HIRA-TSUKURI TANTO. Rough, straight MASAME with JI-NIE. KO-NIE CHU-SUGUHA KO-MIDARE BA or GUNOME with ASHI-IRI under SUNAGASHI has HOTSURE from the HABUCHI. HOSHONIE-FUKASHI based HAKIKAKE BOSHI thatresolves in YAKIZUME. MEI: Large characters. MEI: SADAKIYO HOSHO SADAKIYO FUJIWARA SADAKIYO FUJIWARA SADAKIYO SAKU WASHU JU FUJIWARA SADAKIYO YAMATO-no-KUNI JU FUJIWARA SADAKIYO SADAOKI TEI-JI (f: SADAKIYO, t: SADAYOSHI): He is possibly son of SADAMUNE. HOSHO style, normal width TANTO.MASAME HADA showing ARA JI-NIE is evenly laid and rough. SUGUHA or KO-MIDARE KUICHIGAI BA in strong KO-NIE. HOTSURE from the line. NIE HAKIKAKE BOSHI. Signature uses the OKU character-form of OKI. MEI: SADAOKI HOSHO SADAOKI FUJIWARA SADAOKI |
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