TOSA    YOSHIMITSU was influenced by SENJUIN and TEGAI style.
          ITAME MASAME that stands.Some UCHIZORI.HOSO-SUGU
          NOTARE or GUNOME. NIOI-DEKI with KO-NIE.
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CHIKAFUSA KO-AN 1278
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 AWATAGUCHI MASAMITSU School
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 YOSHIMITSU(1) SHO-AN 1299
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 YOSHIMITSU(2) RYAKU-O 1338 
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 ____|_____               ____|____            ____|___
 YOSHIMITSU(3)KO-O 1389  YOSHITADA O-EI 1394  SANETADA O-EI 1394
 ____|_____                ________ ________   ____|_____ 
 YOSHIMITSU(4) O-EI 1394   KUNIYASU MUNEKUNI   YOSHIMATSU 
 ____|_____                  - O-EI 1394 -         EI-KYO 1429
 YOSHIMITSU(5) KO-SHO 1455      _________ _________
 ____|_____                     YOSHIMOTO YOSHISUKE
 YOSHIMITSU(6) BUN-MEI 1469       - EI-KYO 1429 -  
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 YOSHIMITSU(7) TAI-EI 1521       ________ ________
 __________                      MUNENAGA YASUNAGA
 YOSHIMITSU KO-JI 1555            - EI-ROKU 1558 -
 __________                ________               ________
 YOSHITSUGU GEN-KI 1570    SUKEMASA TEN-SHO 1573  YUKIMASA

YOSHIMITSU SHO-AN (t: AWATAGUCHI MASAMITSU): KANBARA JU. Studied
        SENJUIN and TEGAI traditions. Some sight similarity of
        styles to claim him the same man as SENJUIN YOSHIMITSU.
        An AWATAGUCHI student, his blades have been confused
        with AWATAGUCHI YOSHIMITSU. Many were gift swords, and 
        so, were attributed as the work of the latter. TOSA
        YOSHIMITSU made unusually thick TANTO where the round
        FUKURA has an abrupt turn to the point. YOWAI MOKUME with
        MASAME has JI-NIE. Although a tired piece will obscure,
        color and moisture of TOSA JI-NIE  will not compare with
        AWATAGUCHI YOSHIMITSU. NIE HOSO-SUGUHA has strays. 
        Note: SENJUIN YOSHIMITSU is an uneven GUNOME-MIDARE. 
                                                      See YAMATO

YOSHIMITSU(6) BUN-MEI:KATANA and thick,narrow UCHIZORI TANTO. 
        Bright standing ITAME with MASAME that runs. KO-NIE HOSO-
        SUGU NOTARE BA or GUNOME NOTARE mix.