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________ MUNEKUNI HO-GEN 1156 |__________________________________________ _|_______ - brothers - ____________|____ MUNEYOSHI SHO-GEN GOBAN 1207 KO-BIZEN NOBUFUSA GEN-RYAKU 1184 |_________________ ____________________________________________ _|_____ ___|____ | MUNEIYE MUNETADA KEN-RYAKU 1211 | | TEI-O 1222 ___|____ | | SADAZANE TEM-PUKU 1233 | | |___________ ____________ | | ___|_____ ___|____ ___|____ | | YOSHIZANE YASUSADA SANESADA | | HO-JI 1247 BUN-EI 1264 KA-GEN 1303 | |___________________________ _____________ ___________ | _|_______ ____|____ ___|___ | | YOSHIMUNE SHO-KYU 1219 YOSHIHIRA IYENOBU | | _|_______ TEM-PUKU 1233 NIN-JI 1240 | | YOSHIMORI KO-AN 1278 __________| | ____|____ ____|____ | YOSHIKAGE YOSHITOMO | - BUN-O 1260 - | ___________________ ____________________ ___________________| ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ | MUNENAGA SANEYUKI YOSHIIYE SHO-KYU 1219 | | TEI-O 1222 BUN-O 1260 __________| | | ___|_____ ___|_____ | | YOSHITOMO YOSHIHIRA KAN-GEN 1243 | |________________________ BUN-O 1260 ___|_____ | ___|____ ___|____ YOSHIMORI SHO-GEN 1259 | NAGAMOTO(1) BUN-O 1260 MUNETADA | ___|____ SHO-GEN 1259 | NAGAMOTO(2) KEN-GEN 1302 | __________________________ _________________________________| ___|____ ____|____ NAGANORI(1) KO-AN 1278 YOSHIMUNE(1) SHO-GEN 1259 | YOSHII Founders |________________________ | ____|____ ___|_____ | YOSHIMUNE(2) O-CHO 1311 YOSHINAGA |________________ ________________________ TEM-PUKU 1233 ___|____ ___|____ ___|____ NAGANORI(2) NAGAKANE(1) BUN-O 1260 SUYENORI BUN-PO 1317 ___|____ GEN-KYO 1321 See YOSHII NAGAKANE(2) SHO-O 1288 MUNEYOSHI SHO-GEN (f: MUNEKUNI, br: NOBUFUSA): His father-in-law was NORIMUNE. SHO-GEN GOBAN - 7th month. SAKON SHOGEN. SHINTARO and SAKON TARO. FUKUOKA JU. Made SAKURA MARU. ITAME HADA with MIDARE-UTSURI. NIE and NIOI-DEKI CHOJI of ASHI has KINSUJI. MIDARE BOSHI. Signed with two and three characters, MUNEYOSHI and MUNEYOSHI SAKU, in thick or thin strokes near the MUNE. MUNEYOSHI |
Ichimonji Muneyoshi - 69.9cm
Goto Museum
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SADAZANE TEM-PUKU (f: MUNETADA): To BUN-EI 1264. This name is listed as son of KO-BIZEN TAKATSUNA and has caused confusion. TAKATSUNA's dates vary as well. SADAZANE in mid-KAMAKURA wide SUGATA with the ICHIMONJI style YAKIBA will be ascribed to FUKUOKA, and although MUNETADA made KO-BIZEN style, the consideration must weigh ICHIMONJI and KO-BIZEN. It is complicated by SADAZANE's tendency for his father's KO-BIZEN style. JI-NIE tries to form NIE JI-BA on ITAME HADA. KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI BA. Tokubetsu Juyo Sadazane YOSHIZANE HO-JI (f: SADAZANE): ITAME. KO-MIDARE of KO-CHOJI BA. YASUSADA BUN-EI (f: SADAZANE): ITAME HADA. CHOJI-MIDARE BA. SANESADA BUN-EI (f: SADAZANE): First MEI: SADAYOSHI. CHOJI-MIDARE. YOSHIIYE SHO-KYU (f: MUNEYOSHI): Gift swords with this signature have been attributed to AWATAGUCHI YOSHIIYE of KAN-KO 1004. A YOSHIIYE MEI should bring these questions: Is this piece HEIAN or GEN-RYAKU? Is the piece BIZEN? Thinly veiled JI-NIE wets the surface. ITAME HADA. CHU width NIOI KO-CHOJI upper allows searching KO-ASHI to sculpt defined figures. Occasional KAWAZU, raised fist or DAI-BO demand precedence in the mid and lower where KINSUJI begins to run. Free standing figures in the lower is the YOSHIIYE mark. NIE JI-BA may run NIJU through a MIDARE BOSHI. Look for ICHI KAERI, - falling perpendicular on to the MUNE. YOSHIHIRA KEN-CHO (f: YOSHIIYE): Wide IKUBI-KISSAKI, FUNBARI TACHI SUGATA. Standing MIDARE-UTSURI graces a strong JI-HADA. Small patterned NIOI CHOJI-MIDARE BA in YOSHIIYE or YOSHIFUSA style or more dynamic JUKA-CHOJI with KOSHIBA. Possibly 16 petal KIKU-MON or small two- character MEI. |
Ichimonji
Yoshihira Goto Museum Ichimonji Yoshihira Nagasa: 72.2cm Shinogi-Tsukuri, Ihori-Mune, wide, Funbari Koshizori Tachi with Ikubi-Kissaki. O-Itame Hada with JiNie holds Midare-Utsuri. An Asaki-Notare of Choji and Saka-Choji Midare is interrupted with a few tall stands. Sunagashi and Kinsuji strike through figures. Height lssens to some degree in the Monouchi. Midare of Ko-Choji in the Boshi. Machi-Okuri Mumei Nakago has two Mekugi-ana. |
YOSHIMORI SHO-GEN (f: YOSHIHIRA): NIOI CHOJI-MIDARE has large KOSHIBA in the lower. MUNEIYE TEI-O (f: MUNEYOSHI): FUKUOKA JU. ITAME veiled in JI-NIE. CHOJI-MIDARE BA - O-CHOJI MIDARE with YO. YOSHIMUNE SHO-KYU (f: MUNEIYE): FUKUOKA JU. Work to SHO-GEN 1259. ITAME, O-MOKUME mix. KO-CHOJI MIDARE. YOSHIMORO KO-AN (f: YOSHIMUNE): MOKUME with MASAME. KO-CHOJI MIDARE to O-MIDARE O-CHOJI BA. YOSHIHIRA TEM-PUKU (f: MUNEIYE): O-MOKUME HADA. NIE O-CHOJI MIDARE and Flower petal CHOJI-MIDARE BA. IYENOBU NIN-JI (f: MUNEIYE): MOKUME. NIOI CHOJI-MIDARE BA. YOSHITOMO BUN-O (f: MUNEIYE): FUKUOKA JU. Also signed SUKETOMO. ITAME HADA. KO-CHOJI MIDARE BA. IYESUKE BUN-EI (f: MUNEIYE): ITAME. GUNOME and KO-CHOJI MIDARE. NAGAMOTO(1) BUN-O (f: MUNENAGA): FUKUOKA JU. ITAME. SUGUHA with ASHI and CHOJI-MIDARE BA of NIE. MUNETADA SHO-GEN (f: MUNENAGA): To SHO-GEN 1259. ITAME HADA. CHOJI-MIDARE. NAGANORI(1) KO-AN (f: MUNEYOSHI): YOSHII Founders. SABEInoJO. From KO-AN 1278 to SHO-AN 1299. NAGA form: CHO "Long." MOKUME HADA. CHOJI KO-MIDARE BA. See YOSHII School MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN NAGANORI BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEInoJO NAGANORI BIZEN-no-KUNI FUKUOKA JU SABEInoJO NAGANORI TSUKURU BIZEN-no-KUNI FUKUOKA JUNIN SABEInoJO NAGANORI TSUKURU Tokubetsu Juyo Naganori NAGAKANE(1) BUN-O (f: NAGANORI): FUKUOKA JU. NORIMUNE School. ITAME HADA. CHOJI-MIDARE BA. MEI: BIZEN FUKUOKA NAGAKANE SUYENORI GEN-KYO (t: NAGANORI): Narrow TACHI SUGATA. YAKIBA is KO-CHOJI with ASHI-IRI. This is a FUKUOKA smith with an OSAFUNE influence. His HAMON has been compared to SANENAGA's, which is a CHU-width, evenly flowing SUGU with falling ASHI defining KO-CHOJI BA. MEI: SUYENORI BIZEN-no-KUNI FUKUOKA JU SUYENORI SAKU |
Yoshimune
- Kokuho Yoshimune - Kokuho Nagasa: 71.2cm Moto-Haba: 3cm Shinogi-Tsukuri, Ihori-Mune, elongated Ko-Kissaki. Itame Mokume mix has Ji-Nie and standing Midare-Utsuri. Juka Choji-Midare Ba with Ashi and Yo in Nioi and Ko-Nie Fukashi. Asaku Midare-Komi Boshi with Hakikake. Suriage Nakago has three Mekugi-ana. Yoshimune |
Fukuoka
Naganori - Kokuho Fukuoka Naganori - Kokuho Nagasa: 75cm Moto-Haba: 2.8cm Shinogi-Tsukuri, Ihori-Mune, strong Niku, Koshizori with Ikubi-Kissaki. Ko-Itame Hada has Ji-Nie and Midare-Utsuri. Chu-width Nioi-Deki Ko-Choji-Midare Ba with Ko-Ashi iri. Asaki-Notare Boshi to Yakizume. Suriage Nakago has two Mekugi-ana, one Tachi-mount key-way type. Bizen-no-Kuni Fukuoka Ju Sabe-no-Jo Naganori Kagen x Nen x Gatsu Hi |
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