NARA School      SEKI Founder KANENAGA arrives from YAMATO ENBUN 1356

NARATARO KANETSUNE(1) OEI 1394       SEKI NARATARO (eldest brother of UEMON KANEMITSU)   UEMON KANEMITSU(1) OEI 1394
   See KANETSUNE     ________________________|                                                  ____|____  
          __________|____   -brothers-    ___|________________                                  KANEMITSU(2)
          KINAMI KANEHIRO UEMONJIRO       KANEHIRO SAEMONSHIRO TOKUEI Founder see TOKUEI           EI-KYO 1429
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                 KANEHIRO(2)              TOKUEI UEMONJO KANEAKI O-AN 1368  TOKUEI KANENOBU
                 MEI-O 1492                            - See TOKUEI -

KANENAGA OEI 1394   HACHIYA KANESADA - MASAMITASU  KANESADA
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KANENORI KO-SHO 1455   

First:
KANENAGA(1) SHO-KEI 1332: Moves from TEGAI to SEKI in the late KAMAKURA to set 
        up and encourage sword-making at the KASUGA JINJA branch Shrine at SEKI.
        KASUGA is a mountain in YAMATO on which the KASUGA JINJA resides. YAMATO
        smiths have long affiliation. Young YAMATO NARA smiths needed new 
        beginnings and the KASUGA JINJA was awaiting in MINO.

SEKI Founder
KANENAGA ENBUN: SEKI Founder. Originally from YAMATO, he lives in SEKI. CHOJIRO. 
        
KANENAGA KO-RYAKU 1379: Another from TEGAI opens shop at SEKI.

KANENAGA O-EI (f: KANEMITSU, KINJU School): 
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NARA School

NARATARO OEI: Stated as the eldest brother of UEMON KANEMITSU(1), From YAMATO. 
       SEKI JU. There were many using NARATARO and was therefore a reverential claim.
       NARA-TARO - Are they the same?
     NARATARO
     KANEMITSU

KANEMITSU NARATARO OEI (f: KANENAGA): From EI-WA 1375. UEMON-no-JO from YAMATO. First 
        signed KANE: HO "Wrap". YAMATO style - son of TEGAI KANENAGA(3). As all the 
        YAMATO to MINO transfer smiths, he changed his KANE from the YAMATO "HO" moniker 
        to the newly adopted "Combine" KANE - the permanent MINO sign-post. 

NARATARO KANEMITSU(2) EIKYO (f: NARATARO KANEMITSU):


KANEHIRO OEI 1394: SAEMONJIRO. Brother of KINAMI KANEHIRO who was Founder 
        TOKUEI School - whose father was SENSHIN. See TOKUEI. 

KANEHIRO O-EI (f: NARATARO): UEMONJIRO Buddhist name: KINAMI. TOKUEI KANEHIRO is his 
        brother. UEMONJIRO work from MEI-TOKU 1390 to his death at 80 years on HO-TOKU 
        NINEN, 1451. Another opinion offered in scholarship suggests he is the son of 
        the third TEGAI KANENAGA and that he moved to SEKI, changing his name to KANEHIRO. 
     KANEHIRO

KANEHIRO MEI-O 1492 (t: UEMONJIRO KANEHIRO)

KANENORI KO-SHO (f: NARA KANENAGA): NORI form: "HO". NARA Group and made swords 
         with SANAMI Group. Made his NAKAGO in the TEGAI style SUJICHIGAI from 
         the influences of the AKASAKA SENJUIN KAJI. KANENORI KAJI worked at URUMON. 
     KANENORI

KANENAGA MEI-O: NARA HA. Running KO-ITAME HADA with MASAME has standing SHIRAKE-UTSURI. 
        SUGU lines of GUNOME-MIDARE BA in KO-NIE. 
     KANENAGA
     NOSHU SEKI JU KANENAGA

KANENORI MEI-O:  NORI form: "HO". NARA Group. SEKI man.
     KANENORI
     NOSHU SEKI JU KANENORI SAKU
     NOSHU SEKI JU FUJIWARA SUKEUEMON-no-JO KANENORI SAKU


KANENAGA EI-ROKU 1558: NARA Group at KOTZU JU.(KAIZU-GUN NANO-CHO KAWADO) Calling 
        himself: KAWADOZAEMON.  Made KANENAGA-style. ITAME/MOKUME HADA with MASAME 
        that is strongly running. There is SHIRAKE-UTSURI.
        NIOI-GUCHI is tight and the HABUCHI is of KO-NIE. KO-NOTARE has GUNOME-MIDARE
        and GUNOME-CHOJI with ASHI-IRI or KO-MIDARE BA. Perhaps GUNOME-CHOJI in KANEFUSA 
        style GUNOME-MIDARE BA (polyp GUNOME). TEN-SHO KANENAGA transfers to KAGA.
     KANENAGA
     NOSHU SEKI JU KANENAGA


KANENARI TEN-MON: Working TEN-MON 1532 to EI-ROKU 1558. NARA KAJI. Makes SENGOKU
        SUGATA SHINOGI-TSUKURI, IHORI-MUNE, CHU-KISSAKI.
        Running ITAME with MASAME is SHIRAKE steel type. 
        KO-NIE DEKI SUGUHA with ASHI-IRI that is KO-MIDARE. JIZO BOSHI. 
     KANENARI

KANENARI TEN-SHO: NARA Group. SAEMON. Large TEN-SHO style KATANA has SHIRAKE steel.
        Large HAMON - NOTARE swings NIE GUNOME-MIDARE is sweeping gestures.
     KANENARI
     NOSHU JU KANENARI
     NOSHU JU KANENARI SAKU


KANEYUKI(4) BUN-MEI 1469 (f: SEKI KANEMITSU): Lived in SEKI, NARA Group. 
         Made SUGUHA and GUNOME-TOGARI MIDARE BA. 
     KANEYUKI
     SEKI JU KANEYUKI


KANEIYE TEN-SHO: NARA Group.
         CHU-SUGUHA and GUNOME-TOGARI BA.
     KANEIYE
     NOSHU SEKI JU KANEIYE