KANEYOSHI KO-O 1389 (t: KANETOMO-DEN, f: YAMATO TEGAI KANEYOSHI):
ZENJO Founder. SEIJIRO. HOMYO ZENJO. Also: ZENRYO. Originally
from YAMATO. TEGAI KANEYOSHI (KANE form: HO "wrap") is the same
man. He is seen as beginning in KO-RYAKU 1379 from whence he
moved from YAMATO TEGAI to MINO, one reference claims he is the
son NAOE SHIZU KANETOMO's daughter. KANEYOSHI brings YAMATO style.
He has a long career, spanning through the OEI. He dies in the
first year of EI-KYO 1429, at 83 years of age.
Made SAKIZORI TACHI SUGATA.
KO-ITAME HADA runs with MASAME and clear, thin veil of JINIE.
There will be strongly standing SHIRAKE-UTSURI, MIZUKAGE style
in the YAKIDASHI.
HOSO-SUGUHA and CHU-SUGUHA in NIOI-DEKI with KO-NIE.
Also called TAKIO. Signed in stylish, bold strokes.
See YAMATO TEGAI
KANEYOSHI
NOSHU JU KANEYOSHI
NOSHU JU KANEYOSHI SAKU
KANEMITSU OEI (br: ZENJO KANEYOSHI, f: SANAMI KANENORI, KANETOMO School
line): MITSU form is MAN "Full". SEISAN. ZENJO School following
his brother. His son, KANEMUNE is the Founder of RYOKEN Group.
See RYOKEN.
KANEMITSU
KANEMORI BUN-MEI (f: KANEMITSU): KINJIRO, SAEMONnoJO. SEKI JU.
HOMYO SEIKIN. GUNOME-MIDARE BA. RYO-WAZAMONO.
KANEMORI
KANEKIYO TEN-MON: GENZAEMON. SEKI JU. GUNOME-MIDARE BA with JIZO BOSHI.
KANEKIYO
NOSHU SEKI JU GENZAEMONnoJO KANEKIYO
KANEKADO SHO-CHO 1428 (f: KANEYOSHI): SEIJIRO. SEKI JU. Work to KA-KICHI
1441 time period. SUGUHA, GUNOME-MIDARE BA that is slightly
KO-MIDARE. WAZAMONO rated.
KANEKADO
NOSHU JU KANEKADO
KANEMASU O-NIN 1467 (f: KANEKADO(1): RYOKEN School
KANEYOSHI(2) OEI 1394 KANENOBU - ZENJO Group. Work into the EI-KYO.
SAEMONJIRO. An argument ensues: It has been speculated that ZENJO
SAEMONJIRO KANENOBU could be NAOE SAEMONJIRO KANENOBU or then more
probably, his son. ZENJO records say KANEYOSHI(2) was the eldest
son, named after NAOE KANENOBU and that KANEYOSHI(2) first signed
KANENOBU, then converted his MEI to KANEYOSHI later. If ZENJO
KANEYOSHI(2) is ZENJO KANENOBU(1), it follows that KANENOBU(2) of
EI-KYO would be his son, as some EI-KYO KANENOBU records state.
Since KANEYOSHI(2) was KANENOBU, EI-KYO KANENOBU could well be the
son. As KANEYOSHI(2) was KANENOBU, records of the KANENOBU line
then become clear.
KANEYOSHI(2): He follows the grand style-structure laid forth by
KANEYOSHI(1). If this smith started from NAOE roots, it marks a
stark change.
NIOI-GUCHI is tight and small TOGARI push from a fairly even field
of KO-GUNOME-MIDARE BA in which FUSHI knots are seen.
KANEYOSHI
NOSHU JU KANEYOSHI
NOSHU JU KANEYOSHI SAKU
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEYOSHI SAKU
NOSHU SEKI NO JU KANEYOSHI SAKU
KANEYOSHI(3) EI-KYO (t: KANEYOSHI): Son of KANEYOSHI's daughter. First
signed KANEMITSU. He died in 1451 at age 75. He brought KANEYOSHI
style TEGAI SUGUHA swords into the mid MUROMACHI.
Narrow TACHI SUGATA, with KO-KISSAKI. SHINOGI ridge is high and
there is normal NIKU. KO-FURI TANTO and UCHIZORI
KANEKUMA O-NIN (f: KANEYOSHI): KUMA same KANJI as "YOSHI". KO-SHO 1455
to O-NIN. Possibly different. SEKI JU. SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE forms.
WAZAMONO.
KANEKUMA
KANETANI EN-TOKU (t: KANEYOSHI): TANI form: KOKU "Valley". SEKI.
GUNOME-MIDARE BA. WAZAMONO.
KANETANI
SORYO SHIKI Production House
KANESHIGE(1) EI-KYO (f: NAOE KANETSUGU, t: ZENJO KANEYOSHI(1): SAEMONJIRO.
HOMYO DOA, also DOCHIN. ZENJO Head Student. He was commissioned to
create the HAITO of ASKIKAGA YOSHINORI'S hunting expeditions.
Work into the BUN-MEI, where he died in 1475 at 75 years.
KO-ITAME HADA has SHIRAKE-UTSURI. KO-NIE SUGUHA with KO-ASHI-IRI.
KANESHIGE
NOSHU JU KANESHIGE
KANEFUSA KO-SHO 1455 (f: SAEMONJIRO KANESHIGE): SEIZAEMON. HOMYO ZENWA.
He begins in EI-KYO 1429 time. He became the head and main
influence in MINO. SORYO SHIKI Group. Head student and favored son,
KANEFUSA rises to control the House. All the holdings, smiths and
prestige under father and former House-head, ZENJO KANESHIGE,
became his.
The KANEFUSA Family, as the SORYO SHIKI reigned in ZENJO.
KANEFUSA(1) worked until his death in BUN-GI.
KANEFUSA
KANEZANE CHO-KYO 1487 (f: KANEFUSA): SANE form: JITSU "Truth" This will
be KANEFUSA/KANESHIGE style. Narrow, high SHINOGI, KO-KISSAKI.
SUGUHA with small TOGARI.
KANEZANE
KANEFUSA BUN-MEI (br: KANEFUSA(1), grf: KANEYOSHI(1): SHIRO. Worked in
KANEYOSHI School and descendants walked down to the MEIJI.
KANEFUSA
KANEFUSA SAKU
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEFUSA SAKU
KANEFUSA(2) CHO-KYO 1487: SEIZAEMON. HOMYO ZENTO. Went to work for the
MATSUZAKA in ISE. He died in 1510. RYO-WAZAMONO0 cutting.
KANEFUSA
SEKI NO JU KANEFUSA OITE SUNSHU MATSUZAKA SAKU KORE
KANEFUSA(3) EI-SHO: ZENJO Group. SEIZAEMON. HOMYO ZENSEI. SORYO Group,
main KANEFUSA line. Died in 1522. KO-ITAME HADA has SHIRAKE-UTSURI.
NIOI-DEKI with KO-NIE in the HABUCHI. ZENJO flag: KO-GUNOME has
FUSHI knots. made some where lower half is SUGUHA while the upper
shows GUNOME. His are O-WAZAMONO, supreme sharpness.
KANEFUSA
KANEFUSA SAKU
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEFUSA SAKU
KANEKISHI KYO-ROKU 1528 (t: KANEFUSA): Tight MOKUME with SHIRAKI-UTSURI
expected. KO-GUNOME with FUSHI Knots. ]
KANEKISHI
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEKISHI
KANEFUSA(4) TEN-MON: SEIZAEMON. The Lost Lamb. Eldest brother. In the
middle of SEKI work, he left to work at INUYAMA Castle in OWARI.
We have a recording of a MEI: SEKI IWAMI-no-KAMI KANEFUSA,
TAI-EI SHICHI NEN which places his title at or before 1527.
It seems his health forced his younger brother, KYOSABURO,
(WAKASA-no-KAMI) to come adopt him and bring him back to MINO to
rejoin the legitimate family line of the SORYO SHIKI. Taking his
place, he then becomes HOMYO ZEN-O. His swords are WAZAMONO rated.
KANEFUSA
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEFUSA
SEKI JU IWAMI-no-KAMI KANEFUSA
UJIFUSA - KANEFUSA(5) EI-ROKU 1558: KYOSABURO. 3rd from ZENSEI KANEFUSA.
Had to straighten affairs and bring IWAMI-no-KAMI KANEFUSA back
from OWARI (KO-JI NINEN, 1556). The SORYO SHIKI sword production
house was thereby unbroken. KANEFUSA(5) received WAKASA-no-KAMI
title in EI-ROKU JUSAN 1570 and changed his name to UJIFUSA. In
TENMON SANNEN 1534, he had moved from GIFU to SEKI. EIROKU JUNEN,
he moves back to take control of sword-making at GIFU Castle.
In EIROKU JUSAN 1570, he becomes SHOI second in responsibilities
for sword-making and family affairs. The same year he received
his title. TENSHO GONEN 1577, his arrives at AZUCHI.
Following the death of ODA NOBUNAGA, UJIFUSA moves to KIYOSU,
OWARI. UJIFUSA dies in TENSHO JUHACHI 1590, 57 years of age.
He makes KANEFUSA JIDAI tight NIOI-GUCHI GUNOME-MIDARE BA with
TOBI-YAKI of the late style. UJIFUSA converts to a SHINTO-like
style with his second son, whose new world MOMOYAMA order was in
ascendency. -Wide MIHABA with O-KISSAKI of particular grandeur.
ITAME HADA with thin JI-NIE.
Extravagant GUNOME O-MIDARE CHOJI-MIDARE with TOBI-YAKI. O-NOTARE
of GUNOME-MIDARE with TOBI-YAKI and SUNGASHI.
See SHINTO OWARI His earlier WAKASA-NO-KAMI MEI will be smaller,
where his UJIFUSA are large.
UJIFUSA
KANEFUSA
UJIFUSA NYUDO
KANEFUSA TSUKURU
FUJIWARA UJIFUSA SAKU
WAKASA-no-KAMI UJIFUSA
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEFUSA SAKU
SEKI JU FUJIWARA UJIFUSA
SAEMON-no-JO FUJIWARA UJIFUSA
WAKASA-no-KAMI UJIFUSA TSUKURU
WAKASA-no-KAMI FUJIWARA UJIFUSA SAKU
KANEFUSA KEI-CHO (f: SUKEFUSA): Became the second IWAMI-no-KAMI KANEFUSA.
UJISADA(2) TEN-SHO: (Teacher and brother: WAKASA-no-KAMI UJIFUSA
(KANEFUSA): From GEN-KI 1570 through TEN-SHO 1573 time periods.
KO-ITAME HADA runs with MASAME and gentle JINIE.
NIOI-DEKI SUE-SEKI style is KO-NIE O-GUNOME MIDARE has FUSHI
knots. NOTARE with ASHI and YO. O-NOTARE splashes across his
canvas. UJISADA(1), son of KANESADA went to HACHIYA. From
TEN-SHO GONEN 1536 we see IZUMO-no-KAMI. Lived in SEKI then
moved to OWARI.
UJISADA
IZUMO-no-KAMI UJISADA
NOSHU SEKI JU GONSHOSHO UJISADA
SAKON-E GONSHOSHO IZUMO-no-KAMI UJISAADA
SUKEFUSA TEN-SHO (f: UJIFUSA, who was WAKASA-no-KAMI KANEFUSA): Born
in TEN-MON SHICHI-NEN, 1538. He first signed KANEFUSA. Then
went to study with SANSHU YOSHIDA JOSHU IKEDA SANZAEMON
MOKUME runs with MASAME. SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE BA.
He made arms for the IKEDA and followed them, when they
changed fiefs to HIMEJI in HIRAMA. He died at 67 years in
HIMEJI, KEI-CHO KUNEN, the year IYEYASU became SHOGUN, 1603.
He kept his sword style as his teacher, UJIFUSA .
His swords are WAZAMONO.
SUKEFUSA
NOSHU SEKI JU SUKEFUSA
SANSHU YOSHIDA JU SUKEFUSA
KANENOBU(2) EI-KYO (f: KANEYOSHI): Work to the BUN-MEI 1469.
KANENOBU line works into the SHINTO.
KANENOBU
KANENAKA BUN-MEI (f: KANEYOSHI): ZENJO KANEYOSHI style: SUGU with
small TOGARI and FUSHI knots.
KANENAKA
KANENAKA EI-ROKU 1558: ZENJO. ITAME HADA is running with MASAME
over-which is SHIRAKE-UTSURI.
KONIE GUNOME-MIDARE BA where FUSHI knots are seen.
KANENAKA
NOSHU SEKI JU KANENAKA
KANETANE BUN-AN 1444 (grf: DOA KANESHIGE): TANE form: SHU "Seed".
His brother is AKASAKA KANEZANE.
KANETANE
KANETANE MEI-O 1492: SHICHIROZAEMON.
KANETANE
KANETANE TAI-EI 1521: ZENJO
KANETANE
NOSHU SEKI JU KANETANE
KANESHIGE BUN-AN 1444: UEMON. SEKI. ZENJO.
KANESHIGE
KANENAO BUN-MEI (f: KANESHIGE): ZENJO.
KANESHIGE CHO-KYO 1487 (f: KANEYOSHI): SEIUEMON-no-JO. ITAME HADA runs
with MASAME. Dark, KURO MINO steel. SUGUHA that is KO-MIDARE.
KANESHIGE
NOSHU JU KANESHIGE
KANESHIGE EI-SHO 1504: ZENJO YARI Maker. Made KATO KIYOMASA's YARI.
ITAME HADA with running MASAME has strong SHIRAKE-UTSURI.
KO-NIE SUGUHA of KO-GUNOME-MIDARE with ASHI-IRI.
KANESHIGE
Kiyomasa's Yari Maker Zenjo Kaneshige See Kato Kiyomasa's Sword
KANENAO EISHO-1504 (f: CHO-KYO KANESHIGE): ITAME with MASAME, dark
MINO steel. Same MEI seen in the BUN-MEI, BUN-GI, EI-SHO,
TEN-MON, EI-ROKU and TEN-SHO.
KANENAO
KANENARI EI-SHO (f: KANESHIGE): NARI form: TOKU "Profit". His
immediate descendants take up NARA style. See NARA.
ITAME with MASAME runs.
SUGU KO-MIDARE expected. His are WAZAMONO rated cutting.
KANENARI
KANESAKI BUN-GI 1501: UEMONSHIRO. AKASAKA SENJUIN Family line,
moves to SEKI for ZENJO KANESHIGE School, KANEYOSHI(3) line.
SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE BA HAMON. WAZAMONO rated.
KANESAKI
NOSHU SEKI JU KANESAKI
KANESAKI TAI-EI (f: UEMONSHIRO KANESAKI): Another YARI maker in the
KANESHIGE fold. Moved to SADO. He is the same person as SADO
GOJUSATO JU KANESAKI. Created sword-making school at SADO.
ITAME HADA runs with MASAME. Made SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE of
KANEFUSA-MIDARE also called KENBO-MIDARE forms: Can appear
looping. Look for FUSHI. Signature characters slant upward on
the right, slightly.
KANESAKI
NOSHU SEKI JU KANESAKI SAKU
KANEKADO MEI-O 1492 (f: KANENAO): SEISHIRO.
KANEKADO
KANEYOSHI CHO-KYO (f: KANEYOSHI(3) aka:KANEMITSU): YOSHI form: ZEN.
This man has been mislabeled in texts. He was the son of
KANEYOSHI who was KANEMITSU and his date, therefore is CHO-KYO
1487. Father of EI-SHO KANEKADO.
KANEYOSHI
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEYOSHI
KANEKADO EI-SHO (f: CHO-KYO KANEYOSHI YOSHI-form:ZEN):
KANEKADO
KANEKADO (f: EISHO KANEKADO):
KANEKADO
KANEKADO TEN-MON: SANI BUNUEMON. Left for KAI. KAI ITSUMI YATO-MURA.
See KAI.
KANEKADO
SANI BUNUEMON
KOSHU JU KANEKADO SAKU
KANEKIKU TEN-MON 1532: SEIJIRO. From TEN-MON through EI-ROKU 1558 time.
ZENJO to OWARI. SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE TOGARI BA.
WAZAMONO cutting. See OWARI
KANEKIKU
NOSHU JU KANEKIKU
BISHU KIYOSU JU SEIJIRO KANEKIKU
KANEMASA EI-SHO: ZENJO man. MASA form: HO "Direction". Made swords in
KANETSUNE style. GUNOME has FUSHI Knots. Left for KAI Province.
KANEMASA
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEMASA
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEMASA SAKU OITE KOSHU OISHIWA
KANEIYE(1) OEI (t: ZENJO KANEYOSHI(1): IYE form: KA "House". ZENJO
stylist. JIROGORO. Also JIROSABURO. Buddhist name: HOMYO MEIA.
RYO-WAZAMONO cutter. 2nd and 3rd generations to SANAMI.
See SANAMI.
KANEIYE
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEIYE
KANEIYE HO-TOKU 1449: ZENJO
KANEIYE
SANAMI KANEIYE KOSHO 1455 (f: SANAMI KANENORI): ZENJO. MIDARE BA and
KO-MIDARE BA.
KANEIYE
SANAMI KANEIYE EI-SHO (br: SANAMI KANENAGA): ZENJO. EI-SHO group.
KANEIYE
KANEIYE TEN-MON 1532: ZENJO. 1542.
KANEIYE
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEIYE SAKU
KANEMACHI EI-ROKU; SEKI JU. From KO-JI to BUN-ROKU 1592. ITAME HADA
with MASAME has standing SHIRAKE. KO-NIE DEKI GUNOEM-MIDARE BA
that shows KENBO-MIDARE (KANEFUSE style CHOJI-MIDARE forms).
KANEMACHI
NOSHU SEKI JU KANEMACHI
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Ujifusa
Ujifusa Tanto
Nagasa:
9 Sun 9 Bu (20.9cm)
Moto-Haba: 8 Bu 5 Rin (2.56cmn)
Nakago: 4 Sun 8 Bu 3 Rin (14.65cm)
Elegant
Osoraku-Tsukuri, Shinogi-Taka with
O-Kissaki, Uchizori.
Ko-Itame Hada with Ji-Nie.
Gunome-Midare of Ko-Notare height.
Sunagashi in the lower, resolving to
Nioi through the mid.
Boshi is Jizu-like Saagari Ko-Maru
at the Saki with long Kaeri.
Ubu Kurijiri, with one Mekugi-ana.
Ujifusa
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Wakasa-no-Kami
Ujifusa
Nagasa:
2 Shaku 4 Sun 5 Bu
(74.2cm)
Moto=Haba: 1 Sun 1 Bu
(3.2cm)
Nakago: 7 Sun 3 Rin
(21.3cm)
In
Private Hands
Shinogi-Tsukuri,
Ihori-Mune O-Kissaki
Itame Hada has
thin Ji-Nie and Utsuri.
O-Gunome Choji
Midare reaches across the Ji.
Sunagashi
sweeps, Nie becomes Ara.
Tobi-Yaki in the lower.
Choji with
Sunagashi Boshi is full.
Suriage
Kijimomo Nakago has two
Mekugi-ana.
Wakasa-no-Kami
Ujifusa
Kinzogan:
Nami no Kawashima
Kore Ki In-U Imyo Sekishi
Kore - Suritsuke
Wakige Ryotabi
Sestudan -
Uchi Shimono
- Utsuki
Hachizaemon-no-Jo
Nagatsugu (Kao)
Hiraoka Iwami
no Kami Shoji Kokai
Myogo Nukitashi
Aruji Kagetada
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Go Ikkoku Ujisada
Go Ikkoku
Ujisada
Nagasa: 68.6cm
Sori: 3.2cm
It received
it's name because it was an Imperial
Gift. Held and passed down in the
Tosa Yamauchi Family.
Shinogi-tsukuri, Ihori-mune Sengoku
Sugata with Elongated Chu-Kissaki.
Tightly knit Ko-Itame Hada.
Asaki-Notare line of deep and swept
Nie Hakikake and Nioi Fukashi.
Deep Saagari, swept Hotsure and
Hakikake Boshi.
Ubu, two Mekugi-ana, one filled and
signed on the Shinogi.
Ujisada
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