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Late-KAMAKURA OSAFUNE - KAGEMITSU School 
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TAMEYOSHI KO-AN 1278
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YASUHIRO TOKU-JI 1306  TAMETOSHI BUN-PO 1317
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TAMEIYE SHO-CHU 1324
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TAMETSUNE KEM-MU 1334
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TAMEMORI TEI-WA 1345

YASUHIRO TOKU-JI (f: TAMEYOSHI): SABEInoJO. SAKON SHOGEN. Late
        KAMAKURA TACHI SUGATA. KO-MOKUME HADA. Rather even SUGU
        KO-MIDARE BA with ASHI somewhat resembling KAGEMITSU 
        style.
    MEI: YASUHIRO TSUKURU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEInoJO YASUHIRO
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEInoJO YASUHIRO TSUKURU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SAKON SHOGEN YASUHIRO TSUKURU

TAMETSUNE KEM-MU (f: TAMEIYE): MOKUME HADA. GUNOME, SUGU CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TAMETSUNE

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TOSHITSUNE EN-BUN 1356

TOSHITSUNE EN-BUN: OSAFUNE smith. NOTARE BA and GUNOME patterns 
           with ASHI-IRI.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHITSUNE

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TOSHIMUNE TEI-JI 1362: GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHIMUNE
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU TOSHIMUNE

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TADAMITSU(1) SHO-O 1288 
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TADAMITSU(2) GEN-KYO 1321 - OSAFUNE School. See KANEMITSU School.


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CHIKATSUGU TOKU-JI 1306

CHIKATSUGU TOKU-JI: Transferred from NITTA SHO. Worked to KEM-MU
        1334. Long signatures, with town, in OSAFUNE.
    MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU CHIKATSUGU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEInoJO FUJIWARA CHIKATSUGU

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TADATSUGU TOKU-JI 1306

TADATSUGU TOKU-JI: OSAFUNE JU. SUGUHA with KO-ASHI.

BIZEN OSAFUNE
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TAMEYASU KO-AN 1278
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TAMETO SHO-WA 1312
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TAMENAGA      TAMENOBU EN-KEI 1308
KA-REKI 1326  ___|____
              TAMENOBU TEI-WA 1345

TAMETO SHO-WA (f: TAMEYASU): From EI-NIN 1293 to BUN-PO 1317.
        KARAKAWA JU. Made TACHI and UCHIZORI TANTO. TANTO with
        FURISODE NAKAGO. A simple SUGUHA with KO-ASHI IRI or
        KO-CHOJI BA. Center-pole of the KUNI character is a 
        diagonal line dropping from corner to corner.
    MEI: ICHI TAMETO
         BIZEN-no-KUNI JU TAMETO
         BIZEN-no-KUNI KARAKAWA JU SABEInoJO SUGAWARA TAMETO
         BIZEN-no-KUNI KARAKAWA JUNIN UBEInoJO SUGAWARA TAMETO

TAMENAGA KA-REKI (f: TAMETO): In the style of his father, SUGUHA
        with ASHI-IRI. 
    MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI TAMENAGA
         BIZEN-no-KUNI JU TAMENAGA

TAMENOBU TEI-WA: GUNOME KO-MIDARE BA

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IYETSUGU SHO-O 1288
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IYEZANE EI-NIN 1293
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IYESADA(1) KA-GEN 1303
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IYESADA(2) KEM-MU 1334
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IYESADA(3) EI-TOKU 1381

IYEZANE EI-NIN (f: IYETSUGU): MOKUME HADA. KO-MIDARE BA.
        See YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI
   MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JUNIN IYEZANE

IYESADA(1) KA-GEN (f: IYEZANE): MOKUME HADA. Evenly set GUNOME HA
        with ASHI-IRI. See YOSHIOKA ICHIMONJI
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU IYESADA TSUKURU

IYESADA(2) KEM-MU (f: IYESADA 1): MOKUME. GUNOME HA. 
        See SHOCHU ICHIMONJI
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU IYESADA

TSUNETSUGU GEN-KYO: KO-ITAME has standing UTSURI. NIE SUGUHA, 
        KO-MIDARE or GUNOME-CHOJI BA with ASHI-IRI has KINSUJI in
        SUNAGASHI. Large TACHI-MEI:
         BIZEN JU SAKON SHOGEN TSUNETSUGU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU TSUNETSUGU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI JU SAKON SHOGEN TSUNETSUGU


BIZEN OSAFUNE
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KOREMUNE GEN-O 1319
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TAMEYOSHI KA-REKI 1326      TAMESADA KEM-MU 1334
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TAMEMITSU      TAMESUKE 
EN-BUN 1356    KEM-MU 1334

KOREMUNE GEN-O: SUGU CHOJI KO-MIDARE BA.
    MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI KOREMUNE
         BISHU OSAFUNE KOREMUNE TSUKURU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU KOREMUNE TSUKURU

TAMEYOSHI KA-REKI (f: KOREMUNE): Work period to KEM-MU 1334. 
        KO-GUNOME KO-CHOJI BA with ASHI. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TAMEYOSHI
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE TAMEYOSHI
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU TAMEYOSHI

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MITSUNAGA SHO-CHU 1324
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TAMEKORE KA-REKI 1326

MITSUNAGA SHO-CHU: NAGA: "Long." Also used NAGA: "River." Work to
        KEM-MU 1334. Possibly signed NAGAMITSU (NAGA: "River") 
        from TEI-JI 1362. MOKUME. Even GUNOME, CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU MITSUNAGA
         BIZEN-no-KUNI JUNIN MITSUNAGA
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU MITSUNAGA

TAMEKORE KA-REKI (f: MITSUNAGA): Work to EN-BUN 1356.


NAGAKUNI KEM-MU: Standing ITAME has JI-NIE and small YUBASHIRI
        TOBI-YAKI which add flair to NIOI CHOJI-MIDARE BA. The 
        KUNI in his TACHI-MEI has the center pole leaning and 
        displaced to the right.
    MEI: NAGAKUNI
         BISHU OSAFUNE NAGAKUNI

NARITSUNA RYAKU-O 1338
         OSAFUNE smith made swords from GEN-KYO 1321.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU NARITSUNA
         BIZEN-no-KUNI JU NARITSUNA
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IWATO ICHIMONJI YOSHITOMO SHO-KEI 1332
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        OSAFUNE YOSHITOMO KA-KEI 1387

YOSHITOMO BUN-MEI: Line falls to OSAFUNE from IWATO-SHO Group. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHITOMO

BIZEN OSAFUNE
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SADANAGA TEI-JI 1362

SADANAGA TEI-JI: SHINTOBEInoJO. MOKUME. GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BIZEN OSAFUNE SADANAGA
         BIZEN OSAFUNE JU SADANAGA
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU SADANAGA

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YUKIKIYO(1) TEI-JI 1362
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YUKIKIYO(2) O-EI 1394

YUKIKIYO TEI-JI: From TEI-JI 1362 to O-AN 1368. OSAFUNE style.
        2nd in O-EI.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YUKIKIYO

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YOSHIKIYO TEI-JI 1362

YOSHIKIYO TEI-JI: To O-AN 1368. MOKUME HADA. KO-MIDARE BA to
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHIKIYO
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU YOSHIKIYO
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KAGEMITSU(3) O-AN 1368 See KAGEMITSU
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OEI YUKIHISA 0-EI 1394
Said to be a student of Kagemitsu. He was son of KANEMITSU 
School YUKISADA.
See KANEMITSU School 

YUKIHISA O-EI (t: KAGEMITSU(3), f: YUKISADA): 

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HIRONAO O-AN 1368

HIRONAO O-AN (f: HIROTOSHI, gr: HIROTOSHI): HIRO form: KO "Wide."
        NIOI-DEKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BIZEN-no-KUNI HIRONAO
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MORINAGA O-AN 1368

MORINAGA O-AN: MORI form: SHU "Protect," NAGA form: EI "Lengthy."
        From O-AN 1368 to MEI-TOKU 1390. KOSHI-HIRAKI style
        GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MORINAGA
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TOSHINAGA O-AN 1368

TOSHINAGA O-AN: TOSHI form: RI "Gain," NAGA form: EI "Lengthy."
        MOKUME. KO-MIDARE and GUNOME-MIDARE.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOSHINAGA 

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Bizen Yukihisa Bizen Yukihisa Nagasa: 47.9cm Handed down by the Sakakida, of Akita Omagari-shi Honami Nyshu comments This Wakizashi Ubu Zaimei. I checked the blade carefully, the signature is genuine and Jigane and Hamon both are well done and (this is a) very rare Wakizashi. It should be treasured by your descendants forever. A lucky day in April , 1953 Year of the Snake.  Honami Nisyu (Kao) Shinogi-tsukuri, Ihori-mune Wakizashi with Bo-Hi and RenBi. An excited and robust Mokume, Itame mix has JiNie and Chikei. High-reaching and grouped Gunome-Choji Midare Ba leans and huddles together. Sunagashi and Kinsuji strafe and Inazuma follows into the Ji. Midare-Komi Saagari Boshi is a-muss with Sunagashi. Ubu Bizen-Kurijiri Nakago with two Mekugi-ana. Bishu Osafune Yukihisa Oei NiJu NiNen Juichi GatsuHi - 11th month of 1415

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