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YAMATO
NARA School AMAKUNI - AMAKURA - SHINSOKU
Emperor KEITAI-TENNO
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FUJIMORI AMAKUMO
TAI-HO 701 KEI-TAI 507
TEGAI TOMOMITSU:
_______ Root of Roots
AMAKUNI TAI-HO 701
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AMAKURA TAI-HO TADAMIZU AMASHO TOMOMITSU SHOICHI
(AMAZA) 701 ___|____
TOMOKUNI WA-DO 708
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KUNIYOSHI JIN-KI 724
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SHIGENORI GEKKO - SEISHINDAYU YASUNORI EI-EN 987
TEMPYO-HOJI 757 ________|___
_______ _______ HOKI AMAHARA SHO-RYAKU 990
AMAYUKI AMAFUJI _______
- DAI-DO 806 - ARIKUNI KAN-KO 1004
AMAKUNI: MASAME with YUBASHIRI-HADA. JI-NIE.
HOSO-SUGU with NIJUBA-like effects.
SHINSOKU: Herded by HACHIMAN to BUZEN (see BUZEN)
AMAFUJI DAI-DO: AMAFUJI made a sword for the spirit KASUGA MYOJIN
who is AME-no-KOYANE-no-MIKOTO residing in NARA at the
KASUGA-no-MIYA Shrine. SUGUHA.
SHOICHI TAI-HO: Possibly an alternate name for HOKI SANEMORI.
See HOKI
KOGARASUMARU
There were more than one KOGARASUMARU. It is a name given to a
famous sword. A sword of a type. Perhaps it was thought of as the
true Japanese sword, residing in a world of Chinese style
KIRIHA-TSUKURI. It is thought that the KOGARASUMARU was the
inspiration for the curved, single-edged HANCHO-TO which was
apparently necessitated as a shock reducer for fighting from horseback.
There are two or three true KOGARASUMARU swords known to exist
today. There are, of course, many reproductions and reverently
made swords of varying quality.
KOGARASUMARU
KOGARASUMARU - GYOBUTSU NAGASA: 2 SHAKU 6.5 BU
AMAKUNI TAI-HO 701 SORI: 4 BU
Imperial Treasure MOTO-HABA: 1.1 SUN
HO-RYOBA-TSUKURI (double-edged point) NAKAGO: 6.4 SUN
Its praises are sung in the MAN YOSHU or "Collection of 10,000
Leaves" - ca. 750. The fame and study of this piece helped
transform the vision of the sword for its new ideal. It is still
of the highest importance in the study of the Japanese Sword.
TACHI of light curve and little FUNBARI - the NAKAGO has greatest
arc. This is certainly one of the most distinctive swords in all
of history.
NAGINATA-HI and strong SHINOGI-BOHI, the SAKI of which forms the
support structure for the MONOUCHI.The
ITAME is running HADA with JI-NIE. YAKIBA pattern is a thin
HOSO-SUGUHA that deepens as it reaches the upper. NIE combines
with NIOI to pull an almost HOTSURE-effect on the line, which
continues through KO-MARU BOSHI.
