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