ECHIZEN CHIYOZURU School 
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IYEYOSHI O-EI 1394                        
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IYEYOSHI       IYEMASA(1) EI-KYO 1429     
BUN-MEI 1469   ___|___                    
               IYEMASA(2) MEI-O 1492      


IYEYOSHI O-EI: Worked in both ECHIZEN and KAGA. SUGUHA with 
      ASHI and GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
  MEI: ESSHU JU IYEYOSHI

IYEYOSHI BUN-MEI: Worked in the CHIYOZURU style in both 
      ECHIZEN and KAGA from EI-KYO.  MOKUME with MASAME. 
      SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA with ASHI-IRI.
  MEI: IYEYOSHI SAKU
       ESSHU IYEYOSHI
       ESSHU JU IYEYOSHI

IYEMASA(1) EI-KYO (f: IYEYOSHI): CHIYOZURU. 
       SUGU KO-MIDARE HA.
    MEI: IYEMASA

IYEMASA(2) MEI-O: SUGUHA.
    MEI: ECHIZEN-no-KUNI JU IYEMASA SAKU

IYEYOSHI CHO-KYO: CHIYOZURU. YOSHI form: ZEN "Good." 
      Transferred later to KAGA. MOKUME with MASAME. SUGU 
      and CHIYOZURU style GUNOME-MIDARE HA.
  MEI: IYEYOSHI SAKU

YOSHIZANE EI-SHO: TSURUGA-GORI. Work to TAI-EI 1521. 
       KO-MIDARE BA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA. 
  MEI: ECHIZEN-no-KUNI TSURUGA-GORI YOSHIZANE SAKU
       ECHIZEN-no-KUNI TSURUGA-GORI JU YOSHIZANE SAKU

YASUHIRO EI-SHO: CHIYOZURU. From ETCHU. HADA with MASAME. 
      SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE HA with SUNAGASHI.
  MEI: ESSHU JU YASUHIRO

NORIKAGE KYO-ROKU: SAMURAI SMITH.The ASAKURA DAIMYO made swords 
      as a hobby. His son finally made peace with the JODO 
      after endless battle. Sealed tribute: 1 daughter - and 
      KAGA Province. KO-MIDARE and GUNOME HA. 
  MEI: KUSAKABE NORIKAGE TSUKURU

KANETANE TEN-MON: From MINO. Brings SEKI style to ICHIJO-gaDANI 
      Castle.
   KANETANE
   ECHIZEN JU KANETANE

KANENORI(1) TEN-MON (t: SEKI KANENORI):
      MINO KANENORI KANE form: HO. Summoned by ASAKURA NORIKAGE
      to ECHIZEN MATSUOKA. Worked for them until the fall of 
      their house from NOBUNAGA SEIBATSU. 
      ICHIJO-ga-DANI was the ASAKURA castle of the above 
      NORIKAGE and handed now to ASAKURA YOSHIKAGE, who had 
      defied the call against the sitting ASHIKAGA SHOGUN, 
      YOSHITERU by his brother, YOSHIAKI. NOBUNAGA successfully
      accepted the task, and afterwards obliged YOSHIKAGE's 
      appearance to the KYOTO capitol. YOSHIKAGE refused. 
      Joining with the ASAI, a stand was made and finally 
      broken on the banks of the ANEGAWA River. The 
      intervention of Emperor OGIMACHI gave a temporary 
      reprieve, but YOSHIKAGE was destined for SEPPUKU in his
      family's hall, ICHIJO-ga-DANI Castle, TEN-SHO 1573. 
      ECHIZEN was given to ODA's vassal, SHIBATA KATSUIYE, but
      KANENORI and his following smith line would continue in
      ECHIZEN into the SHINTO  -  spreading to ETCHU, KAGA and
      ECHIGO. 
      He held to his teachers' (SEKI KANENORI style of 
      KANETSUNE School from NARA Roots: Standing SHIRA-KE ITAME 
      with MASAME HADA and YAKIBA of KO-NIE GUNOME-MIDARE on 
      NIOI sweep. MIDARE-BOSHI to JIZO or TOGARI-KAERI.
  MEI: ECHIZEN ICHIJO JU KANENORI
       ECHIZEN-no-KUNI JU KANENORI
       ECHIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN KANENORI
       ECHIZEN ICHIJO-ga-DANI JU KANENORI

KANENORI(2) TEN-SHO to the KEI-CHO 1596. See SHINTO ECHIZEN

KANENORI(3) GEN-WA: The Three HIGO DAIJOs. See SHINTO SHIMOSAKA.

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KANENORI KEI-CHO (f: KANENORI, BR: SHIMPACHI KANENORI): 
      KANE form: SOKU. See SHINTO ECHIZEN