MINO SHIZU: KANEUJI founds MINO and the NAOE SHIZU

Technical SUGATA - Shallow curve of gently tapered width.
            HADA - Fine KO-MOKUME, ITA MASA mix. JI-NIE on clear, 
                   moist blue steel. UZU. Some pronounced HADA in 
                   the folds. CHIKEI.
           HAMON - A few HIRO-SUGU, but mostly O-MIDARE, GUNOME-
                   TOGARI MIDARE, O-GUNOME O-NOTARE, and NOTARE-
                   MIDARE with KINSUJI and INAZUMA. NIE-TSUYU on 
                   NIOI. SUNAGASHI and ASHI. NIJU.
           BOSHI - MIDARE or KAEN. Some TOGARI. Little turnback.
          NAKAGO - Many SURIAGE and usually with two character 
                   signatures if any. MU-MEI is the NAOE signature.

NAOE SHIZU were descendants. Their blades are lighter and of
less curvature but have otherwise similar characteristics.

      "The Ten Students"
      MINO-DEN Founder SHIZU KANEUJI GEN-O 1319  * Bell-Ringer for Mino *
     ____________________ _________|______________ _____________ ___________
____|_____ -br- _________|____  ___|_________  ___|____      ___|_____  ____|___
MITSUYOSHI      SHIZU KANETOMO  NAOE KANETOSHI NAGAKANE(2)   KANETSUGU  KANENORI
    |          __________|____     | - TEI-WA 1345 - ___________|        O-AN 1368
    |________  SANAMI KANENORI(1)  |     ___________|_  ________|______ ______________
____|___ ____|________             |     NAOE KANENOBU  ZENJO KANESHIGE NAOE KANESHIGE
KANEYUKI SENA KANETOMO TEI-WA/OEI  |_________ _______ ________            ________|___
     ________|________         ____|____ ____|____ __|____ ___|____       NAOE KANENAO
____|___ ____|____ ___|____    KANETOSHI KANETSUGU KANEUJI KANEHISA  _______
KANEKUNI KANETSUGU KANEYUKI              ____|____         ___|____  KANEIYE O-AN 1368
  - MEI-TOKU/OEI 1394 -                  KANETSUGU         KANEHISA  ___|___
                                                                     KANEIYE OEI 1394
                                                                   Descendants to SEKI

Wide, curved Tachi with strong, elongated Chu-Kissaki

SHIZUSABURO KANEUJI KEM-MU 1334: Tegai roots from Yamato. Shizu Kaneuji and 
          Kanetomo arrive in Mino finding their base at Naoe.See Kaneuji
          See earlier pieces in: Yamato Shizu 
          KANEUJI traveled for work in Kamakura and then moved the new SOSHU 
          style SHIZU School to Naoe in Mino, altering his signature Kane-form 
          to use the KEN "bushel".

   JITETSU of the NAOE SHIZU 

Sena Group                        SHIZU KANEUJI
                              __________________|
                       ______|___ -br- _________|____
                       MITSUYOSHI      SHIZU KANETOMO(1) KEM-MU 1334
                            |                   |______________________
                            |         __________|____              ____|___
        ____________________|         SANAMI KANENORI(1) OEI 1394  KANEKAGE TEI-WA 1345
_______|_________-br- ______|_____               ________          ________
NARAGORO KANEYUKI    SENA KANETOMO TEI-WA 1345   MOROKANE TEI-WA   KANEKUNI EI-WA 1375
   ____|___                 | (to MEI-TOKU 1390) ________    1345  ___|____
   KANEHIRO O-EI 1394       |                    MOROMUNE EN-BUN   KANEKUNI O-EI 1394
 ______|_________           |_______________ __________ ___________
 HACHIYA TSUGUKANE      ____|___         ___|____  ____|____   ____|___
   ____|__________      KANETSUGU OEI    KANEYUKI  KUNISHIGE   KANEKUNI MEI-TOKU 1390
   HACHIYA KANEAKI      _____|__              MEI-TOKU 1390
       BUN-GI 1501      KANESATO KA-KICHI 1441

MITSUYOSHI KEM-MU 1334 (f: KANEUJI): UEMONJIRO. To ENBUN 1356. UEMONJIRO. NAOE. 
         Brother of KANETOMO. His son is AKASAKA SENJUIN SENSHIN, see AKASAKA SENJUIN, 
         grandson is SAEMONSHIRO KANEHIRO, See TOKUEI.
     MITSUYOSHI

KANETOMO(1) KEM-MU (t:KANEUJI 1): Son and student. Uemon-no-Jo. Uemonsaburo. 
         Originally TEGAI style. Moved with KANEUJI(1) to MINO, changing the 
         first character of his name along with his KEM-MU YAMATO style. 
         Buddhist name: HOMYO-ATSUA. Made many important pieces. 
         Work period between TEI-WA 1345 and KO-WA 1381. MITSU-MUNE DAMBIRA 
         are seen between EN-BUN 1356 and TEI-JI 1368 time. 
         ITAME HADA has MASAME running and BO-UTSURI. 
         KO-NIE DEKI of undulating NOTARE holding GUNOME-MIDARE figures. 
         Boshi are Midare with TSUKI-AGE and long KAERI. 
         Past O-An we see 9 Sun, Ihori-mune Tanto. JI-TETSU become a running 
         O-ITAME with MASAME. JO-NIE DEKI NOTARE with GUNOME; and BOSHI are 
         often HAKIKAKE. ZAI-MEI are to be carefully judged. See YAMATO.
         See KANETOMO example in KANEUJI.
     MEI: KANETOMO

KANEKAGE TEI-WA 1345 (f: NAOE SHIZU KANETOMO): Work from the KEM-MU to EI-WA time.
         MAGOJIRO. NAOE SHIZU smith, working in the center of their time. 
     KANEKAGE

MOROKANE TEI-WA: NAOE SHIZU. HOMYO DOSEN. 
    MOROKANE

MOROMUNE EN-BUN: NAOE SHIZU. Originally from YAMATO. KO-GUNOME TOGARI BA has 
      SUNAGASHI. WAZAMONO rated.
    NOSHU MOROMUNE

KANENORI O-AN (t: KANEUJI}: SHIROUEMON. NAOE SHIZU.
     KANENORI SAKU

SANAMI KANENORI(1) OEI (f: SHIZU KANETOMO): NORI form: SOKU "Law". HOMYO SANAMI. 
        A founder of SANAMI School. See SANAMI.

KANETOMO(2)TEI-JI (f:KANETOMO 1): TEGAI. Thought to be NAOE 
         KANETOMO (MINO KANETOMO 2). HIRA-TSUKURI, MITSU-MUNE,
         strong and wide DAMBIRA. Luminous ITAME-HADA under a
         veil of JI-NIE. KO-NIE DEKI shallow NOTARE GUNOME-MIDARE
         with some KO-ASHI and YO. SUNAGASHI. HAKIKAKE BOSHI with
         TSUKI-AGE KAERI (thrust and swept). See YAMATO.
    MEI: KANETOMO 

KANETOMO O-EI (f: MITSUYOSHI): TOKURO. Lived in NAOE. He is SENA. He moved 
         moved from NAOE to SEKI and joined the SAMAMI. 
         ITAME with MASAME with SHIRAKE. KO-NIE SUGU lines having KO-GUNOME 
         within. See the SANAMI. 
     KANETOMO

KANESHIGE OEI (f: KANENORI, grf: KANETOMO): SHIGE form: HO "wrap". NAOE JU. 
     KANESHIGE

KUNISHIGE KEM-MU - SHIROMARU. Said to have been in SENA Group - however the 
        dates strain this. SENA is KANETOMO, third man and in the mid to late 
        century. Still possible but perhaps names were confused. He is 
        AKASAKA SENJUIN KUNISHIGE. See AKASAKA SENJUIN.

KANETOMO O-AN 1368: KANE form: CHI "To know". NAOE smith.
     KANETOMO

KANEYUKI MEI-TOKU 1390 (br: KANETOMO): NAOE SHIZU. Work from MEI-TOKU to 
         the OEI. Buddhist name: NARAGORO. Second generation is the son of 
         KANESADA. See NARA and HACHIYA.

KANEHIRO O-EI (f: KANEYUKI): KANE form: KIN "Gold". Son of "SEKI KANEYUKI" is
        therefore possible to be in HACHIYA.

KANEKUNI MEI-TOKU 1390 (t: KANETOMO, f: YAMATO KANEKUNI): TAIMASAEMON. Buddhist 
         name: HOMYO-DOCHIN. From YAMATO TAIMA to NAOE town. RYO-WAZAMONO.
     TAIMA
     NOSHU JU KANEKUNI

KANETSUGU OEI (f: SENA, grf: KANETOMO): HOMYO-DOSHO. Lived in NAOE. Made SUGUHA 
         and KO-NOTARE BA.
     KANETSUGU 

KANESATO KA-KICHI f: KANETSUGU, grf: KANETOMO): NAOITARO. NAOE stylist. Wirk from
      KA-CHI to O-NIN. 2nd Generation transfers to AKASAKA in the O-NIN 1467 time.
     KANESATO

KANENORI OEI (f: NAOE KANETOMO): Founder of SANAMI. See SANAMI. 


KANEIYE OEI: IYE form: TAKU "Home". ROKUROZAEMON. NAOE smith. Descendants to SEKI. 
         See SANAMI and SEKI. 

KANEKUNI EI-WA and OEI. Two men at NAOE. KUNI form: HO "Country" Descendants to
         SANAMI.
     KANEKUNI

KANETSUGU Group
                                    KANETSUGU
            ___________ _______________|__________
___________|_  ________|______ ________|_____  ___|____
NAOE KANENOBU  ZENJO KANESHIGE NAOE KANESHIGE  KANEMASA O-EI 1394
                               ________|___
                               NAOE KANENAO

KANETSUGU TEI-WA 1345 (f: KANEUJI(1): NAOE town. Another son and student of 
         SHIZU KANEUJI. NAOE SHIZU man in the style of his father. 
         Made MUMEI 7 SUN TANTO that are narrow-bodied. Come RYAKU-O 1338, We 
         see the wide-bodied NAMBOKU DAMBIRA. 
         ITAME HADA has MASAME with JI-NIE that is SHIRAKE.
         KO-NIE DEKI GUNOME-MIDARE patterns, NOTARE lines, GUNOME TOGARI mix 
         are seen. 
         TOGARI HAKIKAKE BOSHI. 
         Early period TANTO NAKAGO are FURISODE. Then FUNAGATA. HA-AGARI JIRI.
     KANETSUGU

KANENOBU KO-RYAKU 1379 (t: KANETSUGU, f: KANEUJI): NAOE SHIZU smith. SAEMONJIRO.
         Work period from O-AN 1368 through EI-TOKU 1381 time frames. Wide, thin 
         bodied TANTO and DAMBIRA. 
         Standing ITAME HADA runs with MASAME where SHIRAKE is developed.
         NIE-DEKI and KO-NIE GUNOME-MIDARE mixes with TOGARI.  
         Shallow MIDARE BOSHI with TOGARI head and JIZO style.
         Exceptional HORI of SANKO TSUKA Sword and Vajra Handle and Lotus. BONJI
         and KURIKARA Dragons. 
     KANENOBU

KANETSUGU OEI (t: KANETSUGU): NAOE smith. TSUGU form: KEI "Inherit". WAZAMONO 
         rated. Made GUNOME-MIDARE BA. 
     KANETSUGU

KANEMASA OEI 1394 (f: KANETSUGU): NAOE smith. Several theories collide. 
        1): He could be the second son of KANETOMO.
        2): He is MATAJIRO KANEMASA and his grandfather is KANENORI where he 
        leaves for SANAMI, becoming KANEMASA(1). His line then moves to HACHIYA.
   KANEMASA

ZENJO KANESHIGE EI-KYO (f: KANETSUGU): See ZENJO.

NAOE KANESHIGE TEI-JI: maker of excellence. NAOE SHIZU. 
         Said to be a different man than ZENJO KANESHIGE
     KANESHIGE

KANENAO KO-RYAKU (f: KANESHIGE): SAEMONJIRO. NAOE smith. KANENAO(2) moves to SEKI 
         in the OEI. KANENAO in BUNMEI forward are ZENJO. See ZENJO