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OSAFUNE |
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BIZEN KO-OSAFUNE
Technical: SUGATA - Earlier pieces are Late-HEIAN/Early KAMAKURA
narrow-bodied KOSHIZORI, FUNBARI TACHI with
KO-KISSAKI. Later finds wide, Mid-KAMAKURA
with BIZEN IKUBI KISSAKI. Some with raised
SHINOGI and wide SHINOGI-JI.
HADA - KO-MOKUME, O-MOKUME with JI-NIE. Excellent
HADA. CHIKEI. "Peony" UTSURI and CHOJI-UTSURI.
HAMON - O-CHOJI, KO-CHOJI mix, KO-MIDARE, OBUSA and
GUNOME according to smith. KAWAZU "Tadpole"
with ASHI and YO. NIOI-TOGARI. Some profuse
NIE. KINSUJI and INAZUMA. OSAFUNE MONOUCHI:
A simple MIDARE or lessening of pattern.
BOSHI - KO-MIDARE, KO-NOTARE with KO-MARU. Some
TOGARI. NAGAMITSU "SAN-SAKU" BOSHI drops at
or near the YOKOTE, then swells gently once
or twice through the KISSAKI to become narrow
again toward KO-MARU or pointed KO-MARU.
NAKAGO - Standard long and dated signatures.
BIZEN NAKAGO evolves.
KO-OSAFUNE:
Nationally honored MITSUTADA establishes the OSAFUNE style, from
which NAGAMITSU and KAGEMITSU secure the guild and its fame.
Initial considerations examine for NAGAMITSU, then KAGEMITSU.
NAGAMITSU and KAGEMITSU have differing similarities.
Both have NAGAMITSU "SAN-SAKU" BOSHI - See NAGAMITSU School
Both have OSAFUNE MONOUCHI - CHU-width of less pattern
Both have CHOJI-UTSURI that may be spotty
- NAGAMITSU has GUNOME-CHOJI MIDARE BA with NIOI "Smoke" TOGARI.
Pattern has gentle undulations of height.
- KAGEMITSU has leaning "Stooped Shoulders" GUNOME-MIDARE
with SAKA-ASHI. The pattern is somewhat even in height.
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KO-BIZEN CHIKATADA begets KO-OSAFUNE Masters of RYAKU-NIN 1238
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MITSUTADA YASUTADA KAGEYASU KAGEHIDE
|_________________ YASUYUKI KAGEYORI
____|____ brothers ___|____ SANEFUSA
NAGAMITSU SANENAGA
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MITSUKANE KAGEMITSU YOSHIMOTO | KAGEMASA SANEMITSU
RAI & OMI |__________ | CHIKAKAGE
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O-KANEMITSU KAGEMITSU | YOSHIKAGE(1)
YOSHIKAGE(2) KAGEMITSU | YOSHIKANE
| IYESHIGE
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NAGAMUNE NAGAMORI NAGAMOTO
