HORIKAWA School
KO-MOKUME with JI-NIE. HIRO-SUGUHA, SUGU-KUZURE BA,
O-NOTARE O-MIDARE BA in NIE. O-HAKO GUNOME-MIDARE.
SUNAGASHI. HAMON can be FUKASHI.

UMETADA MYOJU  KEI-CHO 1596
   |_____________ ________ _________ ___________
___|____     ____|___ ____|____  ___|____  _____|____
KUNIHIRO     TERUHIRO TADAYOSHI  MUNEYUKI  SHIGEYOSHI
   |(HYUGA)                     ____|____       |__________
   |                            YOSHIHIRA   ____|____  ____|____
   |_________ _____ ____ _____ ____         YOSHINOBU  MUNEYOSHI
   |      ___|____ | ___|____ | ___|____    ____|____
   |      KUNIYASU | MASAHIRO | KUNITOMO    YOSHINOBU
   |            ___|____   ___|_____
   |            KUNIYUKI   KUNIMICHI           See HORIKAWA DEN
   |_____ _________ _____     |___________ _________
   |  ___|____  ___|____ | ___|_____  ____|____  ___|____
   |  KUNIMASA  KUNITAKE | KUNIMICHI  KUNITSUGU  TADAKUNI
   |   ____________|____ |___ _________ _______________
   |   MUSASHI YOSHITAKE ___|____  ___|____      _____|_____
   |                     ARIYOSHI  HIROYUKI      MAN-JI 1658
   |_________ _________ _________                _____|____
___|___    __|___    __|___    __|___       ____|____  ____|____
ECHIZEN    SETTSU    SETTSU    SETTSU       TOSHINAGA  TOSHINAGA
KUNIKIYO  KUNISADA  KUNISUKE  KUNISUKE

HORIKAWA Founder  * The capitol awaited our traveler *
KUNIHIRO TEN-SHO to KEI-CHO (f: KUNIMASA): TANAKAKINTARO. 
      Accepted SHINANO-no-KAMI in 1590. He had been retainer for 
      the ITO Family in HYUGA, who had fallen into decline after 
      TEN-SHO 4.
      See HYUGA

      He moved to SHIMOTSUKE to make swords at the ASHIKAGA 
      Castle, supposedly from where we have his two famous 
      NAMBOKUCHO copies for NAGAO AKINAGA. See the swords in 
      SHIMOTSUKE Although the origin in the Mei states Kyushu Hyuga.
      It is from this time, the TEN-SHO, he established "HORIKAWA" 
      to his name. Finally he moved to the Capitol and the UMETADA 
      School to be a main Founder of the SHINTO. He is known as the 
      father of SHINTO.
      He was a long time retainer for the Ii Family.
      Running ITAME with JI-NIE. MASAME in the SHINOGI-JI. 
      His early work, dubbed the "TEN-SHO Period," said to 
      resemble that of his father. 

        -Early: SUGU GUNOME, GUNOME-MIDARE in tightly held NIOI.
        -Later: SUGU NOTARE-MIDARE  GUNOME-MIDARE, KO-MIDARE,
                O-MIDARE, and NOTARE in NIE and NIOI-FUKASHI with
                KINSUJI and SUNAGASHI. BOSHI: MIDARE NIE-KUZURE 
                - with TOGARI. KUNIHIRO died an old man in the 
                spring of 1614. See SHINTO - YAMASHIRO

                       Appraisal note - Early: Tight NIOI
                                         Late: NIOI is FUKAi
Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro 
Tokubetsu Juyo Kunihiro