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BIZEN
BIZEN YOSHII School
YOSHII: MOKUME HADA. YOSHII is famous for "Large Bean" GUNOME or
KO-GUNOME HA that is evenly laid. Some HOSO-width, many CHU or
HIRO-width. HIRO-SUGUHA with GUNOME HA or CHOJI-like GUNOME. Some
NOTARE. Plateau NOTARE TOGARI. SUNAGASHI. KO-NIE. Note: KAGENORI
first traveled alone to IZUMO with YOSHII style. He was followed
by descendants in SHO-CHO 1428, BUN-AN 1444 and MEI-O 1492.
KAGENORI son, KIYONORI(2) of O-EI was DOEI, namesake of the
IZUMO DOEI YOSHII Group. Peopled by the same smiths, the two
groups have the same style. See IZUMO.
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OSAFUNE KAGEHIDE -brothers- MITSUTADA
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________ KAGENORI(1) YOSHII Founder KO-AN 1278
TAMENORI SHO-WA 1312 ___|____
|_________________ KAGENORI(2) BUN-PO 1317
___|____ ___|____ ________
KAGENORI(3) SANENORI TEI-JI 1362 KIYONORI(1) EN-BUN 1356
| TEI-WA 1345 ___|_____
| NORITSUNA(1) MEI-TOKU 1390
| ___|_____
| NORITSUNA(2) KA-KICHI 1441
|_______________ ________________________ ___________________
___|____ ___|_____ ___|____ |
KAGENORI(4) SHIGENORI KO-O 1389 MORINORI(1) O-EI 1394 |
EI-TOKU 1381 ___|_____ |____________ |
SHIGENORI EI-KYO 1429 ___|_____ ___|_____ |
___|_____ MORINORI(2) MORITSUGU |
SHIGENORI BUN-AN 1444 - EI-KYO 1429 - |
____________ ___________ _________________ __________________|
__|____ ___|____ ___|_____ ___|____ |
UJINORI HIDEKAGE YOSHINORI(2) SUKENORI O-EI 1394 |
| -EI-TOKU 1381- O-EI 1394 ___|____ |
|____________________________ SUKENORI EI-KYO 1429 |
__|_____ ___|_____ ___|____ |
KAGENORI(5) MEI-TOKU 1390 MITSUNORI SUKENORI - UNSHU JU |
__|_____ O-EI 1394 KAN-SHO 1460 |
KAGENORI(6) SHO-CHO 1428 ______________________________|
__|_____ ___|____
KAGENORI(7) BUN-MEI 1469 KIYONORI(2) * DOEI * O-EI 1394
___|____
NAGANORI(3) EI-KYO 1429
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IZUMO JU NAGANORI(4) BUN-MEI 1469
1st and 2nd NAGANORI - See NAGANORI Line
KAGENORI Group: OSAFUNE Roots
KAGENORI(1) KO-AN (f: KAGEHIDE): Said YOSHII Original Founder.
GOZAEMON. His father is the famous OSAFUNE champion but
flowery CHOJI-HANAYAGA is said from the FUKUOKA ICHIMONJI
Group. MOKUME HADA. GUNOME rising from CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
MEI: KAGENORI
BIZEN YOSHII KAGENORI Group - OSAFUNE Roots
KAGENORI(2) BUN-PO (f: KAGENORI 1): Evenly laid KO-GUNOME. Evenly
laid GUNOME patterns are the YOSHII specialty.
KAGENORI BISHU OSAFUNE KAGENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII KAGENORI
TAMENORI SHO-WA: A YOSHII Founder. Work to BUN-WA 1352. MOKUME.
CHOJI BA.
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JUNIN TAMENORI
SANENORI TEI-JI (f: TAMENORI): From SHO-HEI 1346. MOKUME HADA
with JI-NIE. KO-NIE KO-GUNOME KO-MIDARE with TOGARI BA
and CHOJI-MIDARE having SUNAGASHI.
BISHU OSAFUNE SANENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU SANENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JUNIN SANENORI
NORITSUNA(1) MEI-TOKU (t: SANENORI): MOKUME with MASAME running
HADA. Evenly layed KO-GUNOME HA , YOSHII style.
NORITSUNA
BISHU YOSHII NORITSUNA
BIZENnoKUNI YOSHII NORITSUNA
NORITSUNA(2) KA-KICHI: Work to KAN-SHO. Travels to IZUMO. MOKUME.
KO-GUNOME MIDARE BA that is evenly layed.
NORITSUNA
BIZENnoKUNI YOSHII NORITSUNA
KAGENORI(3) TEI-WA (f: TAMENORI): GOZAEMON. Starts: KEM-MU 1334
and runs through TEI-JI 1362. Most work appears from
TEI-WA 1345 to SHO-HEI 1346. Made SAKIZORI TANTO that
supplied the NAMBOKUCHO with HOSO-width, evenly laid
KO-GUNOME HA, the new YOSHII School banner.
KAGENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU KAGENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU KAGENORI
KAGENORI(4) EI-TOKU: TOHACHI. Possible MORINORI son. KO-GUNOME.
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU KAGENORI
UJINORI EI-TOKU (f: KAGENORI 1): Worked from EI-TOKU 1381 through
the O-EI 1394. MOKUME. Evenly laid, round-topped
"Large Beans" KO-GUNOME HA.
UJINORI
BIZENnoKUNI YOSHII UJINORI
BIZENnoKUNI YOSHII JU UJINORI
KAGENORI(5) O-EI (f: SHOCHU UJINORI): Traveled to IZUMO to purvey
YOSHII's evenly laid line. See IZUMO
KAGENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU YOSHII KAGENORI
BIZEN YOSHII School
MITSUNORI O-EI (f: UJINORI): Work to EI-KYO 1429. MOKUME. Evenly
laid GUNOME-MIDARE.
BISHU OSAFUNE MITSUNORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU MITSUNORI
SHIGENORI KO-O (f: KAGENORI): Possibly son of UJINORI. From O-AN
1368. YOSHII style evenly set KO-GUNOME HA. SHIGENORI
also found in EI-KYO 1429, BUN-AN 1444 and KO-JI 1555.
SHIGENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU SHIGENORI
MORINORI(1) O-EI (f: KAGENORI): MORI form: SEI "Prosperous." Made
MOKUME HADA. Evenly laid GUNOME-MIDARE of HOSO-width.
MORINORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII MORINORI
MORINORI(2) EI-KYO: MORI: SEI "prosperous." MOKUME. Evenly laid
KO-GUNOME HA.
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII MORINORI
MORITSUGU EI-KYO (f: MORINORI): MOKUME. GUNOME HA. Followed by
MORITSUGU(2) in BUN-MEI 1469.
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII MORITSUGU
BIZEN YOSHII School
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OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU GEN-KYO 1321 (TOSHI: GO) See SANEMITSU
____________|_____
OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU(1) TEI-WA 1345 (TOSHI: I)
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YOSHII MITSUNORI O-AN 1368
MITSUNORI O-AN (f: OSAFUNE TOSHIMITSU): From EN-BUN 1356 to O-AN.
ITAME HADA. KO-GUNOME HA with ASHI-IRI.
MITSUNORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII MITSUNORI
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OSAFUNE MUNEYASU KO-AN 1278
|_______________________
___|_____ ___|____
MUNETOSHI SHO-WA 1312 MUNENORI SHO-WA 1312
___|___ ___|___
NOBUUJI TEI-JI 1362 NOBUUJI BUN-WA 1352
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MUNETOSHI BUN-WA 1352
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MUNETOSHI EI-KYO 1429
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU TOROKU SAKON ROKURO MUNETOSHI
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OSAFUNE HISAMITSU O-EI 1394
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YOSHII HISANORI KA-KICHI 1441 IYENORI EI-KYO Period
HISANORI KA-KICHI (t: HISAMITSU): MOKUME. SUGUHA.
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OSAFUNE SUYEYOSHI SHO-CHU 1324 Roots to FUKUOKA SUKEYUKI
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SUYENORI(1) O-AN 1368
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SUYENORI(2) O-EI 1394
SUYENORI(1) O-AN (f: SUYEYOSHI): This line falls from OSAFUNE
with FUKUOKA/KO-BIZEN roots to SUKEYUKI. MASAME in
KO-ITAME HADA shows JI-NIE. Squarish KO-GUNOME in NIE has
SUNAGASHI. MIDARE BOSHI.
BISHU OSAFUNE SUYENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII SUYENORI
SUYENORI(2) O-EI: BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU SUYENORI
SUKENORI O-EI: KAGENORI Group. MOKUME HADA. MIDARE BA with TOGARI
has ASHI.
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII SUKENORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII JU SUKENORI
BIZEN YOSHII KIYONORI Group
KIYONORI(1) EN-BUN: BUN-WA 1352 to EN-BUN 1356 period. NIE GUNOME
KO-MIDARE HA.
KIYONORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI JU YOSHII KIYONORI
KIYONORI(2) O-EI (f: KAGENORI): Buddhist name: DOEI. His
descendants transferred to IZUMO with his spirit and
YOSHII style. See IZUMO DOEI YOSHII Group. MOKUME. Evenly
laid NIOI GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
FUJIWARA KIYONORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII KIYONORI
NAGANORI(3) EI-KYO (f: KIYONORI): From EI-KYO 1429 to CHO-ROKU
1457. Later in IZUMO. NAGANORI and YOSHINORI follow
KIYONORI's DOEI spirit to IZUMO.
NAGANORI
BIZEN-no-KUNI YOSHII NAGANORI
NAGANORI(3) BUN-MEI: IZUMO JU. See IZUMO.
KIYONORI(3) EI-KYO: See under YOSHINORI(1) in NAGANORI Line
following.
