YOSHIKAGE(1) KEM-MU (f: KAGEMITSU): See NAGAMITSU School, under
        CHIKAKAGE - See YOASHIKAGE examples in Kagemitsu School.

YOSHIKAGE(2) O-AN (t: KANEMITSU): Son-in-law of CHOGI. There are
        few ZAI-MEI, most are cut down - SURIAGE MU-MEI. 
        KO-NOTARE undulation displays GUNOME-CHOJI BA. GUNOME-
        MIDARE KO-CHOJI. See CHOGI - NAGAYOSHI School and KOZORI
        The YOSHIKAGE signature returns in O-EI and SUE-BIZEN. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHIKAGE
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU YOSHIKAGE

YOSHIKAGE(3) O-EI: O-EI stylist. KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHIKAGE

YOSHIKANE MEI-TOKU (t: YOSHIKAGE): MOKUME HADA. KO-MIDARE BA to
        GUNOME KO-CHOJI MIDARE BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHIKANE

KUNITSUNA TEI-JI (t: KANEMITSU): To KA-KEI 1387. See KOZORI
    MEI: KUNITSUNA
         KUNIMUNE 

MITSUKAGE KA-KEI (f: KUNITSUNA, t: YOSHIKAGE): From EI-WA 1375 to
        RYAKU-O 1338. YOSHIKAGE School. SODEN stylist where his
        CHOJI BA and KO-MIDARE with SAKA ASHI-IRI resembles
        CHIKAKAGE. Cut slanting characters near the MUNE.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MITSUKAGE                  
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU MITSUKAGE 

HISAMITSU(3) KYO-TOKU (f: MITSUKAGE): 2nd HISAMITSU was son of
        MORIKAGE (see O-EI BIZEN MORIKAGE Group). KYO-TOKU sees 
        the blushing OEI KOSHI-HIRAKI styles fade to the harder
        KO-GUNOME and KO-CHOJI of the emerging MUROMACHI BIZEN. 
        See KANSHO BIZEN for the styles and their masters. 
        See HISAMITSU(2) in OEI.
     BISHU OSAFUNE HISAMITSU

YOSHITSUNA KA-KICHI (f: MITSUKAGE): KANSHO MUROMACHI style. A 
        YOSHII YOSHITSUNA is found in MEI-O 1492.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHITSUNA

YOSHIMITSU(1) KEM-MU (br: KANEMITSU, f: KAGEMITSU): Second son.
        YOSHI form: GI "Justice." Born: KO-AN 6, 1283, died:
        BUN-WA 4, 1355. Like his brother, the YOSHIMITSU career
        span is some 50 years. And although a one generation 
        theory was posed, present thought places two: 
        YOSHIMITSU(1) from GEN-KYO 1321 to BUN-WA 1352, and 
        YOSHIMITSU(2) EN-BUN 1356 to EI-WA 1375. YOSHIMITSU(1)
        made swords during the beginning of the NANCHO Southern
        Cause period. Like KANEMITSU(1), he made father OSAFUNE
        KAGEMITSU style KATAOCHI "Stooped-shoulders" GUNOME HA
        with KO-ASHI IRI. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU YOSHIMITSU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE YOSHIMITSU

YOSHIMITSU(2) EN-BUN: SABEIDAYU. Worked from EN-BUN 1356 to EI-WA
        1375. Swords resemble KANEMITSU, long TACHI with 
        elongated KISSAKI. TOGARI on GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA. His
        KATAOCHI "stooped-shoulders" GUNOME will seem evenly set
        and rather changeless. A NOTARE feel to the KO-NIE HAMON
        is said to differ him from KANEMITSU. Long and small MEI
        in the SHINOGI-JI.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHIMITSU
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU YOSHIMITSU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE YOSHIMITSU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU YOSHIMITSU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE JU SABEIDAYU YOSHIMITSU
         BIZEN-no-KUNI OSAFUNE SABEIDAYU FUJIWARA YOSHIMITSU

YUKIMITSU KO-O (f: YOSHIMITSU): KO-GUNOME CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YUKIMITSU

YOSHIKIYO TEI-JI (t: YOSHIMITSU): From TEI-WA 1345 to O-AN 1368.
        TANTO. KATAOCHI GUNOME HA resembles YOSHIMITSU. 
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE YOSHIKIYO

TOMOMITSU EN-BUN (t: KANEMITSU, f: KAGEMITSU): Youngest son 
      whose teacher was his older brother. Work from TEI-WA 
      1345 to EI-WA 1375. Made NAMBOKUCHO TACHI and TANTO - 
      wide, thin blade with elongated KISSAKI. CHIKEI rises 
      in MOKUME HADA that shows JI-NIE and standing MIDARE-
      UTSURI. 
      KO-NIE GUNOME-CHOJI with ASHI and YO swings on a gentle 
      NOTARE wave. MIDARE-BOSHI with TOGARI head and HAKIKAKE.
   MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU TOMOMITSU
        BISHU JU OSAFUNE TOMOMITSU

MOROMITSU(1) EI-TOKU (f: TOMOMITSU): Father of O-EI MORIMITSU 
      of "The Three MITSUs" of O-EI BIZEN. MOKUME. KOSHI-HIRAKI 
      GUNOME-CHOJI BA with ASHI and YO. MIDARE-BOSHI finds 
      KO-MARU turnback. See O-EI BIZEN
   MEI: MOROMITSU
        BISHU OSAFUNE MOROMITSU

MORIMITSU(1) SHI-TOKU (f: TOMOMITSU, br: MOROMITSU): O-AN 1368 
      to O-EI 1394. MOKUME. GUNOME-CHOJI BA. See O-EI BIZEN
   MEI: MORIMITSU
        BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMITSU

KANEIYE BUN-WA: KANE form: HO "Wrap". Work from BUN-WA through
      EI-WA 1375. WAZAMONO.
   BISHU OSAFUNE KANEIYE

TADAMITSU(3) EN-BUN: 1st TADAMITSU is from NAGAMITSU era SHO-O
      1288. The 2nd, from GEN-KYO 1321, is the time of 
      KAGEMITSU. ENBUN TADAMITSU is said possibly a pupil of
      O-KANEMITSU, whose style this work strongly resembles.
      TACHI and TANTO from KO-EI 1342 to TEI-JI 1362. Soft 
      MOKUME HADA has standing UTSURI. NIOI ASAKI-NOTARE 
      undulation of KANEMITSU(1) style KATAOCHI "Stooped-
      shoulders" GUNOME HA.
   MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU TADAMITSU

TADAMITSU(4) EI-TOKU (t: TOMOMITSU): O-EI GOROZAEMON TADAMITSU 
      is associated to O-EI BIZEN and the 3rd or 4th would be 
      his father. See O-EI BIZEN  MOKUME HADA. GUNOME-CHOJI. 
      JIROSAEMON TADAMITSU is the son of IYEMORI. See KOZORI
   MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TADAMITSU

MOTOMITSU(1) EN-BUN (f: KANEMITSU): SABEInoJO. Son and student.
        KO-EI 1342 to EI-WA 1375. Resembles father, KANEMITSU. 
        There are wide bladed ZAI-MEI with O-KISSAKI. Standing 
        MOKUME HADA has CHIKEI and JI-NIE. NIOI-DEKI KATAOCHI
        "Stooped-shoulders" GUNOME where KO-NIE and NIOI-FUKASHI
        figures appear angular or squarish in a gently undulating
        NOTARE roll. MIDARE BOSHI rises to a small KO-MARU head.
        2nd in O-EI 1394. Another in MEI-O 1492.
     BIZENnoKUNI MOTOMITSU
     BISHU OSAFUNE MOTOMITSU
     BIZEN-no-KUNI JU OSAFUNE SABEInoJO MOTOMITSU


MOTOMITSU(2) O-EI: O-EI stylist. MOKUME, GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MOTOMITSU
         BISHU OSAFUNE JU MOTOMITSU

MORIMOTO(1) TEI-JI (t: KANEMITSU): TEI-JI 1362 to O-AN 1368. 
        Small patterned YAKIBA in the style of KANEMITSU. 2nd 
        MORIMOTO, son of MORIHISA. See KOZORI School
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MORIMOTO

SHIGEMITSU(3) TEI-JI: Son or student of O-KANEMITSU. The first
        SHIGEMITSU was son of NAGAMITSU and schooled with 
        KAGEMITSU, 2nd SHIGEMITSU was son of KAGEMITSU. MOKUME 
        HADA. NIOI KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI BA. Also ENBUN 
        KANEMITSU made TOGARI popular for this time.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE JU SHIGEMITSU

SHIGEMITSU(4) O-EI: The main line OSAFUNE masters always named a
        younger son, SHIGEMITSU. They are hand in hand through 
        the generations. The SHIGEMITSU line seemed to keep with
        some form of KAGEMITSU's KATAOCHI "Stooped-shoulders." 
        See KAGEMITSU School, SHIGEMITSU(1).
        MOKUME HADA. Thin ASHI-IRI defines KO-GUNOME of O-EI 
        GUNOME-CHOJI BA. Line continues in SUE-BIZEN.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE SHIGEMITSU

MASAMITSU(1) TEI-JI (f: KANEMITSU): Son and student. This is a long 
        career from which we see two distinct style periods.
        Early work is in O-KANEMITSU style, possibly exemplified 
        by KATAOCHI Stooped Shoulders GUNOME. Later, he is teacher 
        for his own school during the times of the KOZORI. 
        Work from that period may appear KOZORI in style. 
        Generally, smiths were creatures of their time. Early work
        sings the song of their teacher, as with KANEMITSU's use 
        of the KAGEMITSU KATAOCHI GUNOME. Later, many make the 
        styles of the time, such as KOZORI or when MORIMITSU's 
        KOSHI-HIRAKI swept across OEI Japan.
        Work for MASAMITSU is seen from EN-BUN 1356 to MEI-TOKU 
        1390. MASA form: SEI "Administration." O-EI MASAMITSU 
        is said the 2nd generation, however MASAMITSU(1) was active 
        to OEI ROKU-NEN - 1399.
        MOKUME HADA may be intensely worked. JINIE and CHIKEI. 
        Look for Utsuri.
        Early shows KATAOCHI "Stooped-shoulders" GUNOME HA in the 
        style of KANEMITSU(1). ASHI comes within KO-GUNOME and 
        ASAKI-NOTARE KO-GUNOME MIDARE BA. HAMON patterns are 
        generally low. Look for NIE HAKIKAKE brushing HOTSURE 
        from figures.
        See KOZORI MASAMITSU School. 
    MEI: MASAMITSU
         BISHU OSAFUNE MASAMITSU
  MASAMITSU(1) Recap: -Knit HADA with concise CHIKEI
                      -UTSURI
                      -KATAOCHI "Stooped-Shoulders GUNOME
                      -NIE HAKIKAKE
                      -Bright NIOI and NIE

MASAMITSU(2) O-EI: His work is thought starting from KO-O 1389.
        O-EI stylist shows GUNOME-CHOJI BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE MASAMITSU

ARIMITSU(1) O-EI (f: MASAMITSU): KOZORI smith listed with 
        MASAMITSU. See KOZORI
________
KAGETOMO MEI-TOKU 1390
           Part of the OEI style revolution. Work into the OEI. 
           MOKUME HADA. KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA and
        CHOJI-MIDARE BA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE KAGETOMO
________
TOMONORI MEI-TOKU 1390
           MOKUME. SUGUHA and KOSHI-HIRAKI GUNOME HA.
    MEI: BISHU OSAFUNE TOMONORI