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MINO - Jumyo
AKASAKA SENJUIN Group: MOKUME with MASAME mix. 
Running HADA. SUGUHA and GUNOME-MIDARE BA.
GUNOME-TOGARI. NIE.


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AKASAKA SENJUIN JUMYO 
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TOFUJI HEI-JI 1159
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JUMYO(1) SHO-O 1288 |
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JUMYO(2) BUN-PO 1317 MUNEYOSHI SHO-AN 1299 _|_
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JUMYO(3) KEM-MU 1334 MUNETSUGU SHO-WA 1312 ____|____ _|_
___|_ to TEI-JI 1362 MUNEYOSHI ___|__
JUMYO(4) TEI-JI 1362 | TEI-JI 1362 TOFUJI
___|_ ____|____ EI-TOKU 1381
JUMYO(5) OEI 1394 - MUROMACHI-style begins - MUNEYOSHI O-EI 1394
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JUMYO(6) SHO-CHO 1428 MUNETSUGU MUNEYOSHI HO-TOKU 1449
___|_ KA-KICHI ____|____
JUMYO(7) CHO-KYO 1487 MUNEYOSHI EN-TOKU 1489
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___|_ ____|__________ MUNEYOSHI TEN-MON 1532
JUMYO(8) TEN-MON 1532 UJINOBU GAMMAKU
___|_ To SHIMIZU
JUMYO(9) TEN-SHO 1573
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UMYO(10) BUN-ROKU 1592
MOMOYAMA stylists


Early TOFUJI HEI-JI - SAIGUN. No direct scholarship for this name other than
mentioning a copy of the Beard-cutter sword is attributed. This in
MASAME HADA with HOSO-SUGUHA. Searching for TOFUJI ZAIMEI in Late
NAMBOKUCHO SUGATA and MUROMACHI has been difficult. Expect YAMATO
style for TOFUJI where KO-SENJUIN are assumed to be their roots.

TOFUJI EI-TOKU 1381: SAIGUN. This will be the late period of the NAMBOKUCHO.
Early MUROMACHI style. Coarse MASAME HADA that is dark MINO steel,
typical of the HOKURIKU YAMATO-DEN KAJI. Not expected to be fine quality.
NIE GUNOME-MIDARE with SUNAGASHI.
TOFUJI
TOFUJI SAKU

TOFUJI KYO-ROKU 1528: SAIGUN. AKASAKA SENJUIN style. Standing ITAME that runs
with MASAME. Dark MINO steel, with JI-NIE.
KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA. GUNOME-MIDARE BA with SUNAGASHI
and NIE in the HABUCHI. TOFUJI SAKU in thick strokes and pushed together.
TOFUJI SAKU

JUMYO(1) SHO-O 1288: SAIGUN. Supposedly a great-grandson of TOFUJI. SAEMON-no-JO.
ZAIMEI, signed pieces, in KAMAKURA SUGATA are not seen. There is an OSHIGATA
bearing the date, EI-NIN GONEN - 1297 but finding extant ZAIMEI has been
troublesome. Old records say JUMYO is a YAMATO line TOKO and YAMATO style
is expected. Regardless the record is scant if non-existent.
Note: JUMYO with long MEI of many characters are KAMAKURA JIDAI.
NOSHU ONO-GORI SAIGUN JUNIN JUMYO

MUNEYOSHI SHO-AN 1299 (f:SHO-O JUMYO): Expect YAMATO KAMAKURA Style.
MUNEYOSHI


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MUROMACHI JUMYO:
Generally similar in kind and quality, NIOI-GUCHI is tight and defined,
SUGUHA and straight lines of GUNOME BA. Few in MURA-NIE.

JUMYO(4) TEI-JI: With this smith, the best of the JUMYO work begins. Here we see
signatures of: JUMYO MUNEYOSHI nd JUMYO MUNETSUGU and a general expansion
into the body of work from the JUMYO line. Often, more than one JUMYO are
working at the same time.

MUNEYOSHI TEI-JI 1362: SAIGUN. AKASAKA JU. JUMYO Family, JUMYO stylist.
MUNEYOSHI

TSURUGA KUNIYUKI TEI-JI 1362: AKASAKA SAIGUN JU. JUMYO line from JUMYO(1). SAIGUN.
KUNIYUKI

MUNEYOSHI O-EI 1394 (f: TSURUGA KUNIYUKI): AKASAKA JU. TSURUGA Smith. Sword-making
in AKASAKA becomes affected by KUNIYUKI and KUNINAGA and the SENJUIN stylists.
See KUNIYUKI and KUNINAGA.

MUNETSUGU KA-KICHI 1441: Late of the SAIGUN JUMYO. Living in IBI-GORI ONO-MACHI near
MATSUYAMA. The SAIGUN TOGOJUHIKI list of the MINO INABA, from TEN-SHO JU
SHI-NEN 1586, catalogs their work and residence.
Good quality NIOI-GUCHI SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA in MURA-NIE. (MURA-NIE
signals the better JUMYO). WAZAMONO cutting test.
MUNETSUGU
JUMYO MUNETSUGU

MUNEYOSHI HO-TOKU 1449: SAIGUN.
JUMYO MUNEYOSHI

MUNEYOSHI EN-TOKU 1489: AKASAKA JU. Descendents of JUMYO. SUGUHA and GUNOME
with TOGARI. RYO-WAZAMONO rated cutter.
JUMYO MUNEYOSHI

MUNEYOSHI TEN-MON 1532: AKASAKA JU. JUMYO stylist.
JUMYO MUNEYOSHI SAKU
NOSHU AKASAKA JU MUNEYOSHI

JUMYO of BUN-ROKU / KEI-CHO. This is the MOMOYAMA transition, in which several JUMYO
are working. Many in the MOMOYAMA create fresh, bold weapons. Strong bodied.
MOMOYAMA: Strong and proud. Competitors are the FUJIWARA TAKADA and
MOMOYAMA KYUSHU.
With JUMYO, - Can be normal MIHABA and KISSAKI or the MOMOYAMA wide body with
O-KISSAKI.
ITAME HADA runs with MASAME mix. Strong and dappled SHIRAKI-UTSURI.
Good quality NIOI-DEKI of KO-NIE SUGUHA and KO-MIDARE BA, ASAKI-NOTARE lines,
and TOGARI in GUNOME-MIDARE patterns.
Usually two-character NIJI-MEI, and are generally small and balanced to the
center.

JUMYO


UJINOBU GAMMAKU: JUMYO Line in SHIMIZU. See SHIMIZU.

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