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YAMATO
SHIZU
SHIZUSABURO KANEUJI traveled from YAMATO to study with MASAMUNE.
He crossed lines later and founded MINO-DEN in the North
(NAMBOKUCHO). High SHINOGI, wide SHINOGI-JI. ITAME with MASAME.
YAMATO - SUGU KO-MIDARE of KO-NIE mostly. Some school pieces
with GUNOME O-MIDARE in NIOI. (see MINO - SHIZU School)
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"The Ten Students" TEGAI KANENAGA School
MINO founder _________|___
SHIZU KANEUJI(1) GEN-O 1319 - MINO in KEM-MU
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KANEUJI(2) KANETOMO(1) KEM-MU 1334
EN-BUN 1356 ___|____
KANETOMO(2) TEI-JI 1362
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KANETOMO(3) O-EI 1394
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KANETOMO(4) EI-KYO 1429
"The Ten Students"
KANEUJI(1) GEN-O: SHIZU Founder. KANE form: HO "Pregnant woman."
He is of TEGAI roots. Old books say he was the son TEGAI
KANENAGA, the TEGAI dean. However, there are no ZAI-MEI
with this KANE. Only O-SURIAGE MU-MEI and logic would
therefore tell us to expect KANENAGA influence in early
work. Attribution pieces have been SUE-KAMAKURA style
with wide and raised SHINOGI. MASAME HADA. KO-GUNOME with
clear NIE JI-BA along the line. As one of the "Ten
Students" it is taught that he moved for study with SOSHU
MASAMUNE and then traveled to MINO where his KANE form
changes to KEN "Combine." Note: the "Ten Students" is
largely a fanciful legend. There are different smiths
included, all great names of the time. Some we know to
have been a MASAMUNE peer at the least.
Later KANEUJI work shows SUNAGASHI and KINSUJI in a more
exuberant O-GUNOME O-MIDARE BA with SHIMA-BA, TOBI and
HAKIKAKE YAKIBA. See MINO
MEI: KANEUJI
KANEUJI(2) EN-BUN (f: KANEUJI 1): Wide NAMBOKUCHO blades. ITAME
MASAME. SUGU KO-MIDARE HA. NIOI-DEKI GUNOME O-MIDARE and
HITATSURA style.
MEI: KANEUJI
KANEUJI SAKU
KANETOMO(1) KEM-MU (t:KANEUJI 1): TEGAI. Moved with KANEUJI(1) to
MINO, changing the first character of his name along with
his KEM-MU YAMATO style. He was a maker of important
pieces. ZAI-MEI are to be carefully judged. See MINO.
MEI: KANETOMO
YAMATO SHIZU School
KANETOMO(2)TEI-JI (f:KANETOMO 1): TEGAI. Thought to be NAOE
KANETOMO (MINO KANETOMO 2). HIRA-TSUKURI, MITSU-MUNE,
strong and wide KO-WAKIZASHI. Luminous ITAME-HADA under a
veil of JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI shallow NOTARE GUNOME-MIDARE
with some KO-ASHI and YO. SUNAGASHI. HAKIKAKE BOSHI with
TSUKI-AGE KAERI (thrust and swept).
MEI: KANETOMO
KANETOMO(3) O-EI: TEGAI. While his forebears, KANETOMO(1) and (2),
championed SHIZU in MINO,KANETOMO(3) stayed in YAMATO.
O-EI style overtook his later work from a beginning of
late NAMBOKUCHO style, an appraisal note. SHINOGI-
TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, strongly curved KO-KISSAKI TACHI.
ITAME MOKUME that runs. KO-NIE NOTARE GUNOME HA with
SUNAGASHI and KINSUJI, where NIOI is clear. O-MARU or
HAKIKAKE BOSHI with KO-MARU and long turnback.
MEI: KANETOMO
YAMATO-no-KUNI KANETOMO
KANETOMO(4) EI-KYO: TEGAI. SUGUHA or GUNOME-MIDARE patterns with
SUNAGASHI in NIE.
MEI: KANETOMO
WASHU TEGAI JU KANETOMO
